About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0309
  • TitleLittlest music appreciator
  • SummaryShirtless boy with ukulele seated in the bell of a tuba played by adolescent boy squatting on sidewalk outside Ebbets Field; African American man squatting next to them playing trumpet; onlookers standing against wall in background. Caption: "Littlest Music Appreciator: Johnny Monahan, 4, carrying his own ukelele [sic] (which admitted him to Ebbets Field for 'Music Appreciation Night'), happily rests in embrace of big tuba that Garry Hained used as his ticket of admission."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 14, 1951; International News Photos stamp. Retouched.
  • CreatorInternational News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Tubists -- 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: Fans: Music: General