About This Item

  • TitleA day to remember
  • Call NumberDODG_0288
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryYoung man in wheel chair in stands at Ebbets Field, surrounded by two men in suits and three Dodgers in uniform; Ralph Branca presenting baseball to young man. Caption: "A Day To Remember: Martin Levine, one of the patients at the Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital for Chronic Diseases, was one of those who went to Ebbets Field to see the Dodgers play and not only met some of his idols but was presented with an autographed baseball. Left to right, Isaac Albert, president of the institution; Bruce Edwards, Jake Pitler, Ralph Branca and Abe Stark, boro civic leader who arranged the event."
  • Date1948
  • 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: Sep. 26, 1948; photographer's stamp. Retouched.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBranca, Ralph, 1926- ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; People with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Civic leaders -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.