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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0243-accs
  • Summary(0:25) Hearing the sounds from Ebbets Field -- (1:36) Meeting the players -- (2:11) Jackie Robinson and the unofficial color line in baseball -- (4:07) The Elsie tickets -- (5:18) Hilda “Howlin’ Hilda” Chester -- (7:41) Remembering the stadium and the surroundings -- (8:30) Happy Felton's Knothole Gang -- (9:46) “Weary Willie”, the official mascot of the Dodgers -- (11:14) The Dodgers winning the world series and then leaving Dodgers -- (12:25) The Ball shaggers -- (14:24) The special things about Ebbets Field -- (15:15) Memories of Jackie Robinson.
  • Date2018-11-20
  • Physical Description1 sound file (17 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorFeinstein, Robert
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on November 20, 2018, by Kathy Gerber at Cortelyou Library. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • SubjectEbbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Nineteen forties ; Nineteen fifties ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball ; Reese, Pee Wee, 1918-1999 ; Snider, Duke, 1926-2011 ; Hodges, Gil, 1924-1972 ; Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 ; Racism ; Harassment ; Rickey, Branch, 1881-1965 ; Fox Theatre (Brooklyn, N.Y.) ; Felton, Happy ; Kelly, Emmett, 1898-1979 ; Weary Willy, 1905-1980 ; Mullin, Willard, 1902-1978 ; Drugs
  • PlaceFlatbush (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Robert Feinstein on 2018 November 20.