About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_1064
  • TitleSafe at home
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers center fielder Duke Snider seated at home with one boy (holding baseball bat) on his lap and another boy (pointing ahead) standing next to him. Caption on verso: "Safe at Home: Duke Snider of the Dodgers spends his day off baby-sitting with his son, Kevin, right, and Carl Erskine's son, Dave, while the wives go shopping with some of the future World Series checks."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep. 23, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSnider, Duke, 1926-2011 -- Family ; Erskine, Carl -- Family ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fathers and sons -- 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: Snider, Duke: Family