Wedding of Jackie Robinson to Rachel (Isum) Robinson, Los Angeles, 1946

Item Overview

Title

Wedding of Jackie Robinson to Rachel (Isum) Robinson, Los Angeles, 1946

Date Created

Feb. 10, 1946

Date

1946-02-10

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Notes

Summary

A year after his wedding on February 10, 1946, Jackie Robinson broke the Major League Baseball's color barrier when he started with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Jackie Robinson wed Rachel Isum at the Peoples' Independent Church in Los Angeles on February 10, 1946.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972
Robinson, Rachel, 1922-

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Events
Lifestyle
People

African American baseball players
Weddings--California--Los Angeles