About This Item

  • TitleJam wickets for tickets
  • Call NumberDODG_0337
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view of fans, many with umbrellas, waiting in long line on Montague Street for tickets at Brooklyn Dodgers office (not shown); automobiles on curb and street; Manufacturers Trust Company bank in foreground. Caption: "Jam Wickets for Tickets: Like an army with umbrellas, Brooklyn baseball fans today descended on the Brooklyn Baseball Club's offices, 215 Montague St., clamoring for pasteboards to the second and possible third Dodger-Cardinals playoff games which will decide the National League championship at Ebbets Field. Photo shows them standing in the rain all the way from Court St. to Clinton St."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 11 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Sep 30, 1946. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Queues -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn 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.