About This Item
- TitleFurillo's favorite figure
- Call NumberDODG_0385
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0386), some of which may also be described in this new record; Brooklyn Dodger rightfielder Carl Furillo lounging on outfield fence and pointing to number "344" with baseball bat; 0385 shows Furillo frontally, with darkened seats behind him; 0386 shows Furillo from left, with sunlit seats behind him. Caption on 0385: "Furillo's Favorite Figure: Carl Furillo, who led the National League in batting with a .344 mark poses happily on top of the right field fence at the Yankee Stadium yesterday. The right field wall is 344 feet from home plate, identical to Furillo's batting mark."
- Date1953
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0385. On verso of 0385: date stamped: Sep. 29, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. 0385 (retouched): 7 x 9 in.; 0386: 10 x 8 in.
- CreatorBrooklyn eagle
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectFurillo, Carl, 1922-1989 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Yankee Stadium (New York, N.Y. : 1923-2009) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBronx (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.