About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0494
  • TitleGetting to the root of things
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0495), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of Brooklyn Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges wearing pajamas in hospital bed, feet towards camera; images similar, but 0494 shows Hodges from closer perspective and without retouching or cropping marks. Caption on verso of 0495: "Getting to the Root of Things: Dodger first sacker Gil Hodges, 'stricken' with an allergy, rests comfortably at Long Island College Hospital following flight from Mobile, Ala., last night. Gil will undergo tests and, if necessary, treatments in next few days."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0495. On verso of 0495: date stamped: Apr. 2, 1953; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. 0495 retouched, with grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHodges, Gil, 1924-1972 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Long Island College Hospital ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- 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 : Hospital