Photo of Jackie Robinson in Kansas City Royals uniform. The Kansas City Royals of the time were the barnstorming team of the Kansas City Monarchs Negro League club.
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Photo of Jackie Robinson in Royals uniform, from LOOK magazine, Nov. 27 1945. Photo by Maurice Terrell. According to the Library of Congress, [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?ils:28:./temp/~pp_kfjE::@@@mdb=fsaall,app,brum,detr,swann,look,gottscho,pa