About This Item


  • TitleFriends again
  • Call NumberDODG_0115
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView from below of two Brooklyn Dodgers with arms around each other's shoulders; sky with a few clouds in background. Caption: "Friends again: Dodger pitcher Ralph Branca, who incidentally is no longer 'No. 13' (he's No. 12 now) chats with Manager Charles (Chuck) Dressen at Vero Beach where the Dodgers opened their 1952 Spring training season. The question now is whether Dressen will love Branca as much in September as he does in the Spring."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographspublicizing
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 22, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBranca, Ralph, 1926- ; Dressen, Charles, 1894-1966 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball managers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Spring training (Baseball) -- Florida -- Vero Beach
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationVero Beach (Fla.)
  • 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.