SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0139, DODG 0144, DODG 0137), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of work crews maintaining and preparing Ebbets Field; 0137 (5 x 5 in.) shows worker adjusting seat with hammer and screwdriver; 0139 (6 x 7 in., with portion missing from lower left) shows worker directing four other workers painting railings between seats; 0144 (9 x 5 in., with portion missing from upper right) shows workers on ladders propped against outfield fence; 0146 (6 x 9 in., with irregular portion missing from lower right) shows three workers with wheel barrow, shovel, hoe, and heavy roller at home plate. Caption: "It's Springtime in Flatbush: Regardless of what the thermometer says, a hardy crew spruces Ebbets Field for next Friday's pre-season inaugural with the Yankees. Above left, majordomo Jimmy Thomson prepares a bale of wire to replace wornout equipment [not shown]. Elsewhere busy technicians look after screen along the right-field foul line [0144] and other sections of the park."
SubjectEbbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Employees ; Baseball fields -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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