About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0170
  • TitleDefied horoscope
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0171), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine in uniform smiling into camera, possibly at Ebbets Field; images identical except for heavier retouching in 0171. Caption: "Defied Horoscope: Carl Erskine didn't let the stars get in his eyes in becoming a 20-game winner last year. He has a business friend who is an astrologer . . . ".
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0171. Earliest date given: Sep. 30, 1953 (stamped on verso of 0171); Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectErskine, Carl ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- 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: Erskine, Carl: Portrait