Brooklyn Dodgers vs. the Braves

Title:: Brooklyn Dodgers vs. the Braves
Description:: Unknown Brooklyn Dodger base runner slides safely across home plate ahead of the throw backhanded by Boston Braves catcher Bill Salkeld (#15) as unknown umpire looks on at Braves Field.
Photographer:: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:: [ca. 1948–1949]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Film negatives
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: Leslie Jones Collection
Series:: Sports: Identified [Baseball]
Subjects:: Baseball players
Baseball umpires
Baseball
Boston Braves (Baseball team)
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Braves Field (Boston, Mass.)
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Allston
Extent:: 1 negative : film, black & white ; 5 x 7 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h73sd52j
Terms of Use:: Copyright (c) Leslie Jones.
All rights reserved.

Notes:: Original data from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Brooklyn Dodgers vs. the Braves, ca. 1950-1959
Corrected date based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
The only Braves catcher to wear #15 was Bill Salkeld from 1948 to 1949 (Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011).
Accession #:: 08_06_017138

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