About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0852
  • TitleGovernor Dewey throws out 1st ball
  • SummaryGovernor Thomas E. Dewey poised to throw out first ball of opening season at Ebbets Field; Dewey flanked by Judge Henry L. Ughetta (left) and Brooklyn Dodgers president Walter O'Malley and Dodgers part-owner Mrs. John L. Smith (right); fans in stadium seats behind them; seal of New York State over dugout in foreground.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: 1954.
  • SubjectO'Malley, Walter F. (Walter Frank), 1903-1979 ; Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball team owners -- New York (State) -- New York ; Governors -- 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: Opening Day