About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0915
  • TitleFrolic
  • SummaryWives and members of the Brooklyn Dodgers organization dancing at the Lexington Hotel at 48th Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan; dining tables and mural in background. Caption on verso: "Frolic: Dodger sextet lift heels in victory dance at last night's pennant-winning blowout and pronounce it a war dance for battle to come. Left to right, Mrs. Rube Walker, [pitcher] Carl Erskine, [second baseman] Jackie Robinson, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Carl Erskine and [coach] Cookie Lavagetto."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep. 19, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title (partly legible) from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRobinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 ; Erskine, Carl ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball coaches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Married people -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dancing -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)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: Players: General