About This Item

  • TitlePopular with kids
  • Call NumberEAGL_0002
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCrowd of boys reaching for tickets held by smiling man with baseball bat at entrance to "Emil's"; sign near door reads, "If you don't stop, smile as you go by. Today, free tickets for a ball game for kids at Ebbets Field...." Caption: "Popular with kids: Emil Gusto, owner of a tavern in Greenpoint, is the most popular guy in town as he gives away 200 tickets to the kids of the neighborhood for the Brooklyn vs. the World baseball game at Ebbets Field on July 12."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 3, 1948. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectTickets -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Greenpoint (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.