About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0346
  • TitleIn pitch for fund
  • SummaryTelevision personality Happy Felton in Brooklyn Dodgers uniform standing in bleachers at Ebbets Field with middle-aged woman holding pamphlet for "The Greater New York Fund"; scattered fans in seats behind them. Caption: "In 'Pitch' for Fund: Dodger rooter Edna F. Kelly, Brooklyn congresswoman, tells TV 'Knothole Gang' via Happy Felton, of the many activities of the Greater New York Fund. Scene took place in pre-Dodger game broadcast at Ebbets Field."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 22, 1954; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorParker, Paul [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectKelly, Edna F. (Edna Flannery), 1906-1997 ; Felton, Happy ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Women legislators -- New York (State) -- New York ; Entertainers -- 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: Felton, Happy