About This Item

  • TitleWoman pulling a switch
  • Call NumberDODG_0193
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryWorker in industrial kitchen raising arms; hot dog buns on counter before her; other workers in background. Caption: "Woman Pulling a Switch: Hilda Chester, most famous Dodger fan of all, shifts allegiance (just for the Series, mind you) and gives out with a Giant-sized victory prophecy for the erstwhile hated Durochermen from across that bridge. With a sic 'em roar and a fling of her arms, Hilda, a hot dog handler at Belmont Park Race Track, chose the Giants and hoped she could swing her hex the other way . . . ".
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Sep. 29, 1954; "Eagle photo by Mickey Senko"; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorSenko, Mickey
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Belmont Park (Elmont, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Food service employees -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationElmont (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.