About This Item

  • TitleTake 'meow' to the ball game
  • Call NumberDODG_0324
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBand consisting of three percussionists, one trumpeter, and one clarinetist looking on as man holding cat exchanges cash with another seated man at Ebbets Field; fans and vendors in background. Caption: "Take 'Meow to the Ball Game: 'Rhubarb,' the fabulous feline movie star cheerfully turns overs a dollar bill towards 'A Buck for the Bums' Band' fund, thereby proclaiming her support of Dodger Sym-Phony Day at Ebbets Field on Sept. 23. As the Sym-Phonists syncopate softly in the background, the transaction is effected by Al Jank, trainer of the heiress, and Herman Kahn, treasurer of the fund, extending the Dodger Sym-Phony Club membership card."
  • Date1951
  • 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: Aug. 29, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bands (Music) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cats -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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.