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Title: Rachel Robinson throws ceremonial first pitch
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator: Chinn, Paul
Date Created and/or Issued: 1981
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: With his widow, Rachel Robinson, throwing out the ceremonial first pitch, Jackie Robinson Stadium became a reality yesterday for coach Gary Adams and the UCLA Bruins. City and university officials, along with a host of celebrities and former Robinson teammates turned out for dedication ceremonies preceding an exhibition game between UCLA and the Dodgers. In the five-inning game, UCLA continued to be good hosts by letting the Dodgers outscore them 12-1. Photo dated: February 8, 1981.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00054660
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box Robinson, Rachel.; HE-002-080 4x5
CARL0000061754
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/22345
Subject: Robinson, Rachel,--1922-
African American women
Baseball
Stadiums
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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