About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0891
  • TitlePostscript
  • SummaryStreet sweeper looking into camera as he pushes broom along curb; newsstand and pedestrians in background. Caption on verso: "Postscript: The tumult dies, the Dodger captains and kings (and the crowds) depart, and a lone Sanitation Department man (Salvatore Trotto of 508 Court St.) is left to clean up the trash left by yesterday's parade watchers at Borough Hall."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 5, 1949. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Street cleaners -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: Pennant: 1949