About This Item
- TitleEbbets Field welcome
- Call NumberDODG_0134
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0135), some of which may also be described in this new record; Franklin D. Roosevelt, surrounded by dignitaries (including Fiorella La Guardia at left) waving hat from grandstand in Ebbets Field; 0134 (8 x 10 in.) shows president waving hat towards right, with scoreboard clock at top; 0135 (7 x 8 in., with portion missing from lower right) shows president waving hat towards left; both images show empty stadium seats in background and billboard for Stegmaier's beer on building in background. Caption for 0134: "Ebbets Field Welcome: President Roosevelt responds to ovation. At extreme left is Charles E. Murphy, chairman of the rally for Senator Wagner, while Mayor LaGuardia stands at left of speakers' stand." Caption for 0135: "President waves to Ebbets Field crowds. With him are Jeremiah T. Mahoney, extreme left; Charles E. Murphy, right, facing camera; Mayor LaGuardia, Mr. Roosevelt, Senator Wagner, Aaron Jacobs, back to camera, listening to Borough President Cashmore."
- Date1944
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0134. On versos: date stamped: Oct. 22, 1944; "Eagle Staff photo."
- CreatorBrooklyn eagle
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectRoosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 ; La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947 ; Cashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1877-1953 ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball fields -- New York (State) -- New York ; Political campaigns -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- 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.