About This Item

  • Title[Carl Erskine in pitching poses]
  • Call NumberDODG_0157
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0158, DODG 0156), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three images of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine in pitching poses at Ebbets Field; other players, billboards on outfield wall, and empty stadium seats in background; 0157 (8 x 6 in.) and 0158 (10 x 8 in.) identical except for cropping and retouching on 0157; 0156 (9 x 6 in.) shows Erskine leaning backward; other two images show him leaning forward.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso of 0157: date stamped: Sep. 3, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. 0156 and 0157 retouched; black circle with number 3 drawn over bottom left of 0156.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectErskine, Carl ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.