About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0186
  • TitleShe said it, and she does
  • SummarySmiling woman in bathing suit with collar and leash held by smiling man holding sign that reads, "The Bums Lost But I Won"; crowd of laughing onlookers on sidewalk behind them. Caption: "She Said It, and She Does: Alice Hall, 18, of 94 St. Mark's Ave., pays off to Jack Bader of 133 St. Mark's Ave. on her threat just before Ralph Branca served up that 'gopher' ball: 'If we lose this one, I'll walk up and down Flatbush Ave. in a bathing suit . . . on a leash!'".
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 4, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bathing suits -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush Avenue (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: General