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Originally Posted by GoCubsGo32
Hey Everyone! 
Playing detective today, and need the board help please. I have a candid snapshot of Jackie Robinson, that I believe is from either Opening Day 1947 ( his MLB debut) or 1947 World Series during his rookie season.
Mainly leaning towards 1947 WS, but didn't want to rule out his MLB debut, just yet.
Key clues, the red/white/blue decorative banner hanging on the Ebbets Field rails and the billboards...(Mainly the Coca Cola Classic ad).
Here's the snapshot
Does anyone have any pictures of Jackie Robinson or Ebbets Field during his MLB Debut 4/15/47? Or Ebbets Field in general from 1947? I don't know how often they switch out billboard ads, since that's a huge clue in time frame. |
I found the photo below on the "Parks of the Past" website (
https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/co...ield_brooklyn/). It is listed as "circa 1946" and had the same ad to the left of the Coca-Cola sign (I believe that it's for Lifebuoy soap.) Since Jackie didn't come up until '47, I would have to assume that the photo was taken early in the '47 season.
In Bob W's first photo, we no longer see the sign for Lifebuoy soap, but there is a sign in right field for the Movie "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", which was released on August 4th, 1947. So I would have to assume that that photo was taken later in the '47 season.