About This Item


  • TitleYoung bleacherite
  • Call NumberDODG_0214
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBoy with newspaper sitting on rolled up coat or blanket against wall outside Yankee stadium. Caption: "Young Bleacherite: Barry Pedowitz, 15, of 2860 Ocean Ave., errand boy (this time on an errand of his own) reads sports pages as he waits to enter Yankee Stadium."
  • 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: Oct. 5, 1949; "Eagle Staff Photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; New York Yankees (Baseball team) ; Yankee Stadium (New York, N.Y. : 1923-2009) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Teenage boys -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBronx (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.