About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0909
  • TitleTop brass
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges standing on field, apparently at Dodgers spring training grounds in Vero Beach, Fla., with Dodger executives Fresco Thompson and Walter O'Malley. Caption on verso: "Top Brass: Two of the Dodger high command look 'em over on the field. Veep Fresco Thompson, left, and the head man Walter O'Malley."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Mar. 14, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHodges, Gil, 1924-1972 ; O'Malley, Walter F. (Walter Frank), 1903-1979 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Employees ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball team owners -- New York (State) -- New York ; Spring training (Baseball) -- Florida -- Vero Beach
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationVero Beach (Fla.)
  • 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: Field