About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0496
  • TitleWho's on first?
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges in hospital bed and wearing pajamas, shaking hand of man with arm in sling. Caption: "Who's on First?: This is no gag for the Dodgers, who are in Atlanta, Ga., today because both of their first basemen are in Brooklyn, either coming into or leaving Long Island College Hospital. Wayne Belardi (right) greets regular Gil Hodges, who arrived yesterday for checkup on his recent feet miseries. Belardi, who occupied same bed, won't be able to play until June 1 after operation for bone chips in his left elbow."'.
  • 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. 3, 1953; photographer's stamp (partly visible); Brooklyn Eagle stamp. 0495 retouched, with grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHodges, Gil, 1924-1972 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Long Island College Hospital ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- 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: Hodges, Gil : Hospital