About This Item

  • TitleGoes right to work
  • Call NumberDODG_0018
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0621, DODG 0622), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three publicity shots of Brooklyn Dodgers manager Walter Alston in uniform; 0018 shows Alston posing at third base in Ebbets Field, with empty stands behind him; 0621 shows close-up view of Alston holding hand to mouth as if calling to player; 0622 shows Alston lacing shoes at locker. Caption: "Goes Right To Work: Walter Emmons Alston, new manager of the Dodgers, wastes no time getting acquainted with Ebbets Field. Hardly had ink dried on contract yesterday than he was unpacking in his locker (above) and looking over installations for one year at reported $20,000."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographspublicizing
  • NoteTitle from caption on versos. On versos: date stamped: Nov. 25, 1953; "Eagle Sports Picture by Mickey Senko." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorSenko, Mickey
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAlston, Walter, 1911-1984 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball managers -- 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.