About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0270
  • TitleCrucial, excruciating eighth
  • SummarySlightly blurry view of fans during World Series game at Ebbets Field, some sitting, some standing, most with expressions of anxiety or dismay. Caption: "Crucial, Excruciating Eighth: Stunned and anguished Brooklyn rooters see their hopes melt away in eighth inning of big game. Expressions range from rage to sorrow, anger to anguish."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 8, 1952; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; World Series (Baseball) ; Baseball fans -- 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: Interior of Stadium: Medium Crowd: I