About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0488
  • TitleHitting homers in December
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges and two other men, all wearing suits and all holding packages, standing next to car with open door in parking garage. Caption: "Hitting Homers in December: Dodger star Gil Hodges, right; ex-Dodger Tommy Holmes, now manager of the club's Fort Worth farm, center, and Philip Certilman load up with gifts for needy children in boro. Gil and Tommy are salesmen in off-season for Century Motor Sales, Chrysler-Plymouth dealer at 274 Flatbush Ave. Ext."
  • 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: Dec. 24, 1954; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorStein, Barney
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHodges, Gil, 1924-1972 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- 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 : General