About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0177
  • TitlePitch of the week
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0175, DODG 0174, DODG 0176), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four close-ups of the right hand of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine gripping baseball in four different positions, against neutral background; 0175 shows hand held up, with two fingers straight up as if preparing to grip; 0174 shows hand held up, with two fingers previously held straight now curving around ball; 0176 shows hand held down, with wrist turned out; 0177 shows hand held down, with wrist turned in. Caption on 0177: "Pitch of the Week: Start of the curve that baffled the Cubs."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0177. On versos of 0176 and 0177: date stamped: Jun. 22, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. 0176 retouched, with grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectErskine, Carl ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hand ; Baseballs ; Pitching (Baseball)
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Erskine, Carl: Subject, the Baseball