About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0543
  • TitleHome are the brave
  • SummaryFive men in suits standing together before tiled wall; man second from right (Chuck Dressen) holding baseball. Caption: "Home Are the Brave: It was 'welcome home' last night as the Dodger Knot-Hole Club dined the flock at its 12th annual pre-season dinner in the grand ballroom of the Hotel St. George. Shown getting the lowdown on the 1951 World Series are, left to right, Walter F. O'Malley, Dodger president; Edwin B. Wilson, executive editor of the Brooklyn Eagle and president of the Knot-Hole Club; George C. Wildermuth, founder of the Knot-Hole Club; Dodger manager Chuck Dressen and Borough President Cashmore."
  • 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; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Malley, Walter F. (Walter Frank), 1903-1979 ; Dressen, Charles, 1894-1966 ; Cashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Middle-aged men -- 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: Knot-Hole Club