About This Item


  • TitleFaithful to the flock
  • Call NumberDODG_0224
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree men, one lying on bench, one seated under umbrella, and one standing with back to camera, behind wooden barricades outside Ebbets Field; sign overhead reading, "Pavilion Admision 60 cents." Caption: "Here are the first three fans on line at Ebbets Field for the Giant opener today, the picture having been taken at 3 a.m. They were playing 'hookey' from work and refused to give their names, but they did say: 'We are risking our jobs. The least these Bums can do is to win this opener.'".
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 3, 1946; "Eagle Staff Photo." Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • 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.