About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0620
  • TitleIt's your team
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0619), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two smiling men in suits standing behind desk at unknown location. Images identical except for cropping marks. Caption: "It's Your Team: Dodger president Walter F. O'Malley points to Walt Alston as his new manager after announcement that the Montreal farm team pilot, holding a Dodger figurine, had signed a one-year contract to succeed Charley Dressen as skipper of the National League champions."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0619. On verso of 0619: date stamped: Nov. 24, 1953; "Eagle Photo by Senko." Grease pencil cropping marks on 0619.
  • CreatorSenko, Mickey
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAlston, Walter, 1911-1984 ; O'Malley, Walter F. (Walter Frank), 1903-1979 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball managers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball team owners -- 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: Alston, Walter: Dated