About This Item


  • Title[Carl Furillo before game]
  • Call NumberDODG_1198
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0359, DODG 0355, DODG 0354, DODG 0356, DODG 0353, DODG 0360), some of which may also be described in this new record; Six views of Brooklyn Dodgers rightfielder Carl Furillo in various warm-up poses and batting stances before game at Ebbets Field; 0353 and 0359 (identical images except for retouching and grease pencil cropping marks on 0359) show him in crouch examining bats; 0354 shows him adjusting cap, with scoreboard and outfield billboards in background; 0355 shows him taking practice swing, with one player and scattered fans in stadium seats in background; 0356 shows him blowing into his hands to warm them, with scoreboard and outfield billboards in background; 0360 shows him standing in dugout with unidentified older man wearing sunglasses and fedora hat; 1198 shows him in batting stance awaiting pitch, with scoreboard and outfield billboards in background.
  • Date[ca. 1952]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description7 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. 0359 retouched, with grease pencil cropping marks.
  • SubjectFurillo, Carl, 1922-1989 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball players -- 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.