About This Item
- TitleThrill of lifetime
- Call NumberDODG_0262
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryGroup of soldiers, mostly African American, in front row seats at Ebbets Field; one soldier standing to throw baseball; sign with flag on fence before soldiers reads, "Welcome Home [K]orean Heroes." Caption: "Thrill of Lifetime: Repatriated prisoner of war Pfc. Rafael Morarosa has the honor of throwing out the first ball to open game between the Dodgers and the Redlegs yesterday. The Dodgers were host to nine recently freed PWs from the metropolitan area."
- Date1953
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 30, 1953; "United Press Photo"; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
- CreatorUnited Press Associations
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; African American soldiers -- 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.