About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0182
  • TitlePlay ball!
  • SummaryTwo girls, one holding baseball, standing before closed gate at Ebbets Field; each wearing Brooklyn Dodger T-shirt; third person (not seen) holding Dodgers pennant in upper right. Caption: "Play Ball!: Dodger fans Barbara Greene, 16, of 365 Sheffield Ave., left, and Anita Tinkoff, 16, of 53 Malta St., go through appropriate shenanigans to mark opening of season at Ebbets Field."
  • Date1951
  • 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. 17, 1951; "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 ; Teenage girls -- 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