About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0331
  • TitleRadio saved
  • SummaryFour chefs and three waiters leaning over table in kitchen listening to radio; one chef holding cleaver; hanging pots and pans in background. Caption: "Radio Saved: Jackie Robinson's home run saved the radio at the Unity Club from butcher's meat cleaver held poised as fellow chefs, bakers and waiters tensely listen to the Dodger-Philly game go into the 14th and final inning."
  • Date1951
  • 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: Oct. 1, 1951; "Eagle staff photo by Fox"; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched.
  • CreatorFox, Dan
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cooks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Waiters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Radio audiences -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Radio