About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0490
  • Title[Collage of Gil Hodes and umpire]
  • SummaryPhotographic cut-outs of Brooklyn Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges and umpire Artie Gore collaged with drawn or inked representations of Hodges' body, an alarm clock, an hour glass, and a Valentine; two comic poems ("Hodges to Gore" and "Gore to Hodges") on verso. Partial caption on verso: "[Thi]ngs might have been different for the Dodgers [in the] World Series with the Yankees if Gil Hodges [had bee]n called safe by Umpire Artie Gore in the [illegible] play at third in the first game at the [illegible] Stadium."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 art original : black & white ; 8 x 9 in.
  • Genrecollages (visual works)
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 14, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks and notations.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHodges, Gil, 1924-1972 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; World Series (Baseball) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball umpires -- 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