David Lengel 

42: Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers – in pictures

A new movie tells the story of the man who broke baseball's color barrier – the ballpark he played in is long gone and the team are in LA, but Jackie Robinson's legacy lives on
  
  


Jackie Robinson: Chadwick Boseman
Chadwick Boseman plays Jackie Robinson in a scene from the new film, 42.
Photograph: D Stevens/AP Photograph: D. Stevens/AP
Jackie Robinson and Bill Salkeld
This 22 August 1948 file photo shows Jackie Robinson, right, stealing home plate as Boston Braves' catcher Bill Salkeld is thrown off-balance on the throw to the plate at Ebbets Field in New York. Photograph: AP
Jackie Robinson: Harrison Ford
Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson and Harrison Ford as Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey, in 42. Photograph: D Stevens/AP
Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey
In this 20 July 1962 file photo, Jackie Robinson embraces Branch Rickey. Photograph: Uncredited/AP
Jackie Robinson: Ebbets Field
This July 1954 file photo shows an aerial view of Ebbets Field. Just three seasons later, Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles Photograph: AP
Jackie Robinson: Ebbets Field flats
Ebbets Field apartments in Flatbush Brooklyn, the former site of Ebbets Field, where Jackie Robinson played his first game in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15th, 1947. He was 0-3 with a run scored against the Boston Braves. A school named after Jackie Robinson is across the street.
Photograph: Beth J. Harpaz/AP Photograph: Beth J Harpaz/AP
Jackie Robinson: Plaque
A plaque commemorating Jackie Robinson signing to play for the Dodgers organization, at 215 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. The building has since been torn down and replaced with a bank. Photograph: David Lengel/Guardian
Jackie Robinson: Bank exterior
215 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, the former site of the Brooklyn Dodgers and where Robinson signed a contract to play for the organization. Photograph: David Lengel/Guardian
Jackie Robinson: Bank
Artwork at TD Bank depicting Jackie Robinson on the bases during a World Series game vs the New York Yankees. The bank is on the site of the former Brooklyn Dodgers headquarters. Photograph: David Lengel/Guardian
Jackie Robinson: hotel
The Bossert Hotel in Brooklyn Heights is where Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers celebrated winning their only title in the borough, after beating the New York Yankees in Game Seven of the 1955 World Series.
Photograph: Guardian Photograph: David Lengel/Guardian
Jackie Robinson: Pee Wee Reese, statue
A statue of Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson stands outside MCU Park in Coney Island, home of the minor-league Brooklyn Cyclones. Reese, captain of the Dodgers, famously stood by Robinson against prejudiced fans and fellow players during a game in Cincinnati. Photograph: AP
Jackie Robinson's grave
Jackie Robinson's grave today, where fans still leave tributes to the man who integrated Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Photograph: Beth J Harpaz/AP
 

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