About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0875
  • Title[Close-ups of Erv Palica's pitching grips]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0874, DODG 0876, DODG 0877, DODG 0878), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five close-up of the right hand of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Erv Palica gripping ball in various positions; 0876 shows empty stadium seats of Ebbets Field in background; 0877 shows portion of dugout in background; other backgrounds indeterminate. Inscriptions on versos: 0874: "Fastball"; 0875: "Screw Ball"; 0876: "Curve Ball"; 0877: "wrist action"; 0878: "Showing wrist action."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description5 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On versos: date inscribed: 1951.
  • SubjectEbbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pitching (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: Palica, Erv: General