About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0855
  • TitleOpening day Ebbets Field 1954
  • SummaryFour government officials in overcoats cheering and gesticulating from first row at Ebbets Field during Brooklyn Dodgers first game of season; fans in stadium seats behind them; inscription on verso identifies officials as, from left to right: "Judge Lubowitz; [Judge] Ughetta; Ivan Rubenstein, surrogate; John Lynch, Commissioner of Boro Works, Bklyn."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: 1954.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Municipal officials and employees -- 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: Opening Day