About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0500
  • Title[Two views of Gil Hodges at first base]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0501), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two publicity shots of Brooklyn Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges in fielding poses at first base before start of game at Ebbets Field; 0500 shows Hodges with foot on base reaching up to make one-handed catch; 0501 shows Hodges leaping over base to make two-handed catch; scattering of fans in stadium seats in background.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 3 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On versos: date inscribed: Feb. 10, 1952. 0500 retouched.
  • SubjectHodges, Gil, 1924-1972 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fielding (Baseball) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Sports: Baseball: Dodgers: Hodges, Gil : Portraits