About This Item


  • TitleFirst in line for Dodger opening
  • Call NumberDODG_0221
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCrowd outside closed gates at Ebbets Field, most looking into camera, some waving; woman in left foreground holding sign that reads, "Hearty Congratulations Best Wishes Brooklyn Dodgers 19 Team 49"; sign overhead reads, "Gates 1-4 Pavilion Admission 60 cents." Caption: "Waiting since 6 a.m. today for the Dodgers-Giants opening game at Ebbets Field are, front row, left to right, Sylvia Jacobs, Mrs. [Carrie] Koshnick and Gregory Musco. Equally enthusiastic fans behind them await [chance] to purchase tickets."
  • Date1949
  • 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: Apr. 19, 1949; "Eagle staff photo by Lambert."
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- 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.