About This Item


  • TitleRelax, kids! It stopped
  • Call NumberDODG_0191
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFans behind wooden barricade outside Ebbets Field, some under umbrella and some wearing Brooklyn Dodger jackets, looking at sky and holding out hands for signs of rain. Caption: "Relax, Kids! It Stopped: [illegible] from Brooklyn take a gander at the sky to see whether it's going to stop raining. Left to right, Albert Ferreira, 17, of 871 E. 22d St., and his sister, Norma, 16; Frank Sicilia, 18, of 230 Skillman St., and Bob Pelligrini, 17, of 871 E. 22d St."
  • Date1949
  • 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: Oct. 5, 1949; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Teenagers -- 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.