About This Item

  • TitleSaying it with music
  • Call NumberDODG_0311
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryPercussionists, clarinetist, and other fans and members of Brooklyn Dodgers Sym-Phony Band greeting man in trench coat; sign held by fan at right reads, "Brighton Beach." Caption: "Saying It With Music: Don Newcombe, big right-hander who blanked Braves in second game of yesterday's double-header in Boston, giving Dodgers league lead, is received by Dodger Sym-Phony at Grand Central Terminal where Shotton-men arrived early this morning for a day's rest in Brooklyn before leaving for vital two-game series in Philadelphia."
  • 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: Sep. 30, 1949; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNewcombe, Don, 1926- ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bands (Music) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceManhattan (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.