About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0205
  • TitleWaitin' at the gate
  • SummaryCrowd of male fans behind wooden barricades outside Ebbets Field waving to and smiling at camera; sign hanging over fans reads, "Bleacher Admission." Caption: "Waitin' at the Gate: Dodger rooters, like persistent suitors, wait anxiously at the Ebbets Field gates to get first crack at rooting their beloved Brooks to the first World Championship in their colorful history . . . ".
  • Date1952
  • 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. 6, 1952; "Eagle Staff Photo by Lambert." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Queues -- 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: Bleacher Admission