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  • Call NumberDODG_0183
  • TitleEarly birds baiting the worms
  • SummarySmiling fans waving into camera behind wooden barricades and before closed gates at Ebbets Field; two girls in center with sign reading, "Let's Murder Those Giants." Caption: "Early Birds Baiting the 'Worms': Early morning arrivals at Ebbets Field's bleacher gate mince no words in showing their disdain for the beloved Dodgers' opening game opponents in the Flatbush ballpark. There's larceny in the smiles of Barbara Anne Greene, 18, of 5 Lamont Court, left, and Anita Tinkoff, 18, of 53 Malta St., who hold the anti-Giant placard. Offering his own colloquial echo [illegible] from the rear -- 'Come On, Branca; Get Even What They Did to You' -- is Joseph Santangelo of 381 Menahan St."
  • Date1952
  • 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: Apr. 18, 1952; "Eagle Staff Photo by Lambert." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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: Fans: Exterior of Stadium: General