Ernest E. Johnson Photograph Collection, 1948-1955 ➔

Opening of Jennie Dean Field

Image

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Identifier:

218-0013

Description:

Posed photograph at the opening of Jennie Dean Field, part of the Negro Recreation Section's facilities. Caption attached to the photograph reads: "Play Ball. The game is about to start on Jennie Dean Field. Left to right are: Dernard [sic] Johnson (Arl. Rec. Dept.), captain of the Arl. Rec. Dept., Mr. Pryor (counselor of 153), and Warren Jackson (Mgr. of the Daper Jeans)."

Creator:

Arlington County (Va.). Parks and Recreation Department. Negro Recreation Section

Format:

Black and white photographs; 8 x 10 in.

Subjects:

baseball; women; Johnson, Ernest E.; Jackson, Warren; Black life; African American life

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

African Americans

Rights:

This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Photograph Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited.

Source:

PG 218, Ernest E. Johnson Photograph Collection: 218-1-1

Location:

Arlington (Va.); Arlington County (Va.); Nauck/Green Valley (Arlington, Va.)

Temporal Coverage:

1950s

Type:

Images

Publisher:

Center for Local History, Arlington Public Library

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