About This Item

  • TitleFans play cards too
  • Call NumberDODG_0216
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo men, seated on flattened cardboard and blankets, playing cards on sidewalk outside Ebbets Field; man at left,wrapped in blanket, observing them. Caption: "Fans Play Cards Too: Waiting at the gate to see Dodgers take on Cards in playoff, George Schneider and Bob MacPherson, right, engage in gin rummy session. MacPherson and Joseph Marnucci, left, came here from Rochester."
  • Date1946
  • 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. 6, 1946; "Eagle Staff Photo." 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 ; Card players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Queues -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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.