About This Item

  • TitleMidnight watch
  • Call NumberDODG_0254
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCouple seen from back sitting alone under umbrella amid empty seats at Ebbets Field; woman holding Dodgers pennant over shoulder; infield covered with tarpaulin. Caption: "Midnight Watch: Two loyal Dodger fans sit patiently into the next morning waiting for the Dodgers and Braves to resume play Friday night. Game was finally called at 12:50 this morning. Dodgers won, 2 to 1."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: earliest date stamped: Sep. 12, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown 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.