About This Item

  • TitleR. I. P. those jints!
  • Call NumberDODG_0200
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMan with paint-spattered pants looking at man sleeping on sidewalk, apparently outside Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan; closed gate and sign reading "Bleachers" behind them; floral wreath reading "Sympathy to the Giants" between them. Caption: "R. I. P. Those Jints!: Irving Aks, of 488 New Jersey Ave., hat in hand, pays respects at Polo Grounds before wreath mourning forthcoming expiration of Coogan's Bluff boys. Unidentified body at right belongs to Giant fan who succumbed to exposure yesterday after nine innings without a run."
  • Date1951
  • 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: Oct. 3, 1951; "Eagle Staff Photos." Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNew York Giants (Baseball team) ; Polo Grounds (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wreaths -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationWashington 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.