About This Item

  • Title[Gil Hodges in overcoat]
  • Call NumberDODG_0464
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0466), some of which may also be described in this new record; Brooklyn Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges wearing overcoat at Coney Island; 0464 shows Hodges taking bunting practice in batting cage; 0466 shows Hodges crouching over make-shift fire and warming left hand while holding three baseball bats over fire with right hand. Typed caption on verso of 0464: "Gil Hodges, Dodgers No. 1 slugger, taking pre-season swings, over-coat notwithstanding, at 'Bat-A Way,' world's largest outdoor baseball batting range in Coney Island, before leaving for Vero Beach."
  • Date[195-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectHodges, Gil, 1924-1972 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Batting (Baseball) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.