About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0219
  • TitleIt may get too warm here
  • SummaryThree young men sleeping on sidewalk outside closed gate at Ebbets Field. Caption: "It May Get Too Warm Here: Hitch-hikers from St. Louis, Mel Bartfield, left foreground; Mel Rocco, rear, and Aaron Ross, find Brooklyn too cold as they wait for game to start. Lads plan to go on to Hub City for World Series -- between Boston and Cards, they hope."
  • Date1946
  • 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: Oct. 3, 1946; "Eagle Staff Photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Young men -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sleeping -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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: Waiting (All Nighters)