About This Item


  • TitleBrrrinnng on them Giiiints!!!
  • Call NumberDODG_0291
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView looking down of large, excited crowd standing amid columns in or outside of the Polo Grounds in upper Manhattan; most of crowd looking up to and waving at camera; hand painted sign held by fan at lower right reads, "Shy [sic] Hey Willie." Caption: "Brrrinnng On Them Giiiints!!!: The bleacher fans are here and ready for that second play-off game at the Polo Grounds. The pennants have been waved. The patriotic (pro-Dodger) slogans have been shouted. The picturesque insults have been hurled. What (the assembled bleacherites want to know) are we waiting for?".
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 2, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; New York Giants (Baseball team) ; Polo Grounds (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crowds -- 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.