About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0042
  • TitleNothing to it, pal
  • SummaryTwo Brooklyn Dodgers players in uniform at their lockers, one holding a baseball before the other. Caption: "Nothing To It, Pal: That's what Ralph Branca, left, pitching star of the Dodgers, seems to be telling his new teammate, Dan Bankhead, at Ebbets Field yesterday. Dan saw action against the Pirates in less time than it takes to tell, though Bucs won."
  • Date1947
  • 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: Aug. 27, 1947; "Eagle Sports Picture." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBranca, Ralph, 1926- ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Locker rooms -- 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: Branca, Ralph: II