About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0132
  • Title[Ground crew preparing Ebbets Field]
  • SummaryPanoramic view of seven members of the ground crew (three with mini-tractors or carts) preparing the infield of Ebbets Field, framed by billboards on outfield wall and empty left field and center field seats. Inscription on verso whimsically identifies crew members as players: "1st Base -- Anthony Burzo; 2nd -- Leon Wenk; SS -- Tom Cascone; 3rd -- Steve Denier; Home -- Joe Jachetti; Pitcher -- Jim Esposito -- 1st B. Coach -- Chester Duca."
  • Date[1954?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectEbbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Employees ; Baseball fields -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Billboards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- 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: Ebbets Field