About This Item

  • TitleReady to root for their boys
  • Call NumberDODG_0206
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFour adolescent girls standing together outside Ebbets Feld under sign reading "Ladies 50 cents." Caption: "Ready To Root for Their Boys: Early arrivals at today's Ladies Day game exhibit with pride buttons bearing pictures of their favorite Dodger players. Left to right, Allegra Zarb, Mary Knoetgen, Barbara Campo and Lee Giambalvo. The girls say they practically 'spend their lives' at Ebbets Field."".
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 29, 1951; "Eagle Staff Photo." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Teenage girls -- 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.