About This Item


  • Title[Play at first base]
  • Call NumberDODG_1191
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryScene from World Series game between Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees, probably at Ebbets Field, showing Dodger infielder Junior Gilliam (19) attempting to beat out throw at first base, as Yankee first baseman Joe Collins awaits throw.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: 1953.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; New York Yankees (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; World Series (Baseball) (1953) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Base running (Baseball) -- 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.