About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0203
  • TitleThey finally stood in bed
  • SummaryEmpty sidewalk outside Ebbets Field; billboard on wall for Botany ties and sign for 60-cent bleacher admission. Caption: "They Finally Stood in Bed: Dawn of a chilly Dodger opening day [illegible] giving the bleacher gate at Ebbets Field the cold shoulder. The wind was the only thing whistling on Bedford Ave., in contrast to yesteryear, until the morning sun warmed up the ball park and game time drew near."
  • Date1953
  • 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: Apr. 14, 1953; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Billboards -- 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: Fans: Exterior of Stadium: Bleacher Admission