About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0231
  • TitleHot dogs, Cokes and the Dodgers
  • SummaryTwo boys eating hot dogs and holding bottles of Coke as they watch baseball game at Ebbets Field; other fans in nearby seats. Caption: "Hot Dogs, Cokes and the Dodgers: Hyman Silkes, left, and Peter Di Prima settle down for a day at the ball game. The boys were in a group which got free tickets from the Dodgers for selling more than five war bonds."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 18, 1945. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Teenage boys -- 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: Fans: General