Group of 18 original photos from the personal collection of former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher, Clyde King. Taken by official Brooklyn Dodgers photographer, Barney Stein, these images hail from March of 1947 as the Dodgers and Montreal Royals trained in Havana, Cuba. Significantly, Jackie Robinson was still in camp with Montreal, not the Dodgers, at this time, having shattered professional baseball's color line the previous season when he debuted for the Montreal Royals on April 18, 1946 at Roosevelt Stadium in NJ. Jackie would then be promoted to the Brooklyn Dodgers just five days before start of the 1947 regular season, famously integrating Major League Baseball on Opening Day, April 15, 1947, at Ebbets Field.

Collection includes: 1) Ralph Branca 2) Leo Durocher 3) Arky Vaughan 4) Pete Reiser 5) Two unidentified Dodgers hamming it up for the camera (likely Bragan or Reiser with Reese) 6) Bobby Bragan 7) Five Dodgers catchers pose, including rookie Gil Hodges (second from left) 8) Seven unidentified Dodgers during a bunting workout 9) Joe Hatten 10) Bruce Edwards 11) Spider Jorgensen 12) Eddie Stanky 13) Rex Barney and Carl Furillo get their shoes shined 14) Burt Shotten at piano surrounded by the Brooklyn Dodgers 15) Clyde Sukeforth with Billy Southworth 16) Branch Rickey with Burt Shotten 17) Four unidentified Dodgers training at third base 18) Three unidentified ladies take in a game (likely wives of the players). 18 photos total from the lead-up to one of baseball's single most historic seasons.