About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0060
  • TitleLife with father
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0624), some of which may also be described in this new record; Images identical. Caption: "Life with father--Walter Alston, new manager of the [Brooklyn] Dodgers poses for family album at his home in Darrtown, Ohio. Standing beside Alston is his son-in-law, Air Force Sgt. Harry Ogle, and seated are Mrs. Doris Ogle, 'Smokey's' daughter (left) her three-month-old baby, Robin Dean and Mrs. Alston."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 1, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAlston, Walter, 1911-1984 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball managers -- 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: Alston, Walter: Dated