About This Item

  • TitleEager beaver
  • Call NumberDODG_0253
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMan with heavy beard and hat leaning through railings at Ebbets Field to watch World Series game; younger fans at right also looking through railings. Caption: "Eager Beaver: Hiding behind a set of Gabby Hayes whiskers is Carl Poole, a Melstone, Mont., rancher who make the long trek to Ebbets Field to root for the Flock."
  • Date1953
  • 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. 2, 1953; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ranchers -- 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.