About This Item

  • TitleLo, the poor Yankees!
  • Call NumberDODG_0217
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree women, with blankets on lap, sitting against closed gate at Ebbets Field and applying make-up or fixing hair. Caption: "Lo, The Poor Yankees!: Emerging from wigwam of blankets, three Brooklyn gals don their warpaint at early hour outside Ebbets Field. Ready to take to warpath to defend their native land against second invasion attempt by Yanks are, left to right, Frances and Gloria Piccolo of 597 Park Place and Rose Gianneli, 872 Bergen St."
  • Date1947
  • 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. 3, 1949; "Eagle Staff Photo." Retouched; 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 ; Young women -- New York (State) -- New York ; Queues -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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.