About This Item

  • TitleTeen-age fans' brigade
  • Call NumberDODG_0245
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFive adolescents sitting on outdoor steps of Polo Grounds in upper Manhattan; two holding sign reading, "Brooklyn Now! Brooklyn Forever" and one holding sign reading, "We Stick with Bums"; older man, possibly homeless, sleeping on steps above them. Caption: "Teen-Age Fans' Brigade: Waiting for Polo Grounds bleacher gate to open are young Brooklynites (left to right) Mary Erwin, 17, 666 44th St. and Betty Tierney, 16, 2415 Clarendon Road; (rear row) Joan Feery, 16, 110 Martense St.; Maureen Gilroy, 17, 354 E. 35th St. and Peter Dente, 19, 224 Avenue U."
  • 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. 2, 1951; "Eagle Staff Photo by Lambert." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNew York Giants (Baseball team) ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Polo Grounds (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Queues -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Teenagers -- 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.