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Jackie Robinson, first baseman with the Brooklyn Dodgers, circa 1954.

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English: Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers, posed and ready to swing
Español: Jackie Robinson (1919-1972), beisbolista de los Brooklyn Dodgers.
Polski: Jackie Robinson (1919–1972), baseballista Brooklyn Dodgers, pierwszy Afroamerykanin, który zagrał w amerykańskiej Major League Baseball.
Português: Jackie Robinson, o primeiro afro-americano a ingressar na Liga Principal de Beisebol dos Estados Unidos.
Čeština: Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) byl první afroameričan, který hrál v nejvyšší a plně profesionální baseballové americké lize Major League Baseball.
Magyar: Jackie Robinson (1919–1972), az első modern kori afroamerikai játékos a Major League Baseballban
Italiano: Jackie Robinson fu il primo afroamericano a giocare nella Major League Baseball in epoca moderna.
Македонски: Џеки Робинсон (1919-1972) — првиот Афроамериканец во Главната бејзболска лига. Дал значаен придонес за Движењето за граѓански права на Црнците во САД.
Nederlands: Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) was in 1947 de eerste Afro-Amerikaanse honkballer in de Major League Baseball sinds de MLB in 1884 een ban op gekleurde mensen instelde. Robinson speelde het grootste deel van zijn carrière voor de Brooklyn Dodgers en leverde een belangrijke bijdrage aan het opheffen van de rassensegregatie.
Date Created/Published 1954
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under the digital ID ppmsc.00048.
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Public domain This work has been released into the public domain by its copyright holder, Cowles Communications, Inc.. This applies worldwide.
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Public domain This is a photo taken by Bob Sandberg when working as a staff photographer of LOOK Magazine, and is part of the LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress. Their former owner, Cowles Communications, Inc, dedicated to the public all rights it owned to these images as an instrument of gift.

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current08:52, 27 January 2016Thumbnail for version as of 08:52, 27 January 20163,234 × 4,146 (5.01 MB)Adam Cuerden (talk | contribs)c:User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js: was a little bit of a ring effect in the sky between the bat and cap. Weird, hopefully gone now.
08:48, 27 January 2016Thumbnail for version as of 08:48, 27 January 20163,234 × 4,146 (5.01 MB)Adam Cuerden (talk | contribs)c:User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js: Crop some sky, additional restoration. For the record, this is a fresh restoration - would have used Scewing's, but I don't like repeatedly saving JPEGs.
01:29, 27 January 2016Thumbnail for version as of 01:29, 27 January 20163,234 × 4,626 (5.58 MB)Adam Cuerden (talk | contribs)c:User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js:
23:59, 13 April 2014Thumbnail for version as of 23:59, 13 April 20143,234 × 4,312 (2.15 MB)Scewing (talk | contribs)tweak left border
23:54, 13 April 2014Thumbnail for version as of 23:54, 13 April 20143,234 × 4,312 (2.14 MB)Scewing (talk | contribs)cropped, adjusted levels, removed minor artifacts
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