Jackie Robinson Signing Baseball Contract
(Original Caption) Jackie Robinson, star rookie first baseman of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, signs his 1948 contract in the presence of the Club's President Branch Rickey, on Lincoln's birthday. Robinson, the first negro ever to play in modern organized baseball, will receive between $12,500 & $15,000 for the coming season. In 1947, he received the major League minimum of $5,000. The signing took place in the Dodgers Brooklyn office. (Original Capiton.)

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