About This Item


  • TitleJoins Benedict League
  • Call NumberDODG_0584
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBride and groom walking down aisle of church as others in pews turn to watch. Caption: "Joins Benedict League: Josephine Tedesco and Steve Lembo, Brooklyn Dodger catcher, who were married at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at about the same time as Ann Mulvey and pitcher Ralph Branca were united in holy wedlock at St. Francis Assisi Church."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 21, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Weddings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Newlyweds -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.