About This Item

  • TitlePlay ball
  • Call NumberDODG_0261
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCrowd of boys at Ebbets Field waving arms, cheering, and looking into camera; one adult man at lower left and some older boys at top. Caption: "Play Ball: The youthful welcoming committee in the Ebbets Field bleachers baptizes the 1954 season at the Brooklyn ballpark with hearty shouts."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 16, 1954; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crowds -- 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.