About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0178
  • Title[Carl Erskine with clown]
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine standing in dugout and holding ball for clown, who sprays Black Flag insecticide on it; fans in stadium seats in background, presumably at Ebbets Field.
  • Date[ca. 1953]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectErskine, Carl ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Clowns -- 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: Erskine, Carl: Subject, the Baseball