About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0220
  • TitleFirst at Ebbets Field
  • SummaryBoy seated in deck chair holding cow bell and raising arms before closed gates at Ebbets Field; "reserved" sign overhead. Caption: "First at Ebbets Field: Matty Segall, 17, of 486 Eastern Parkway, Samuel J. Tilden High School student and ardent baseball fan and player, who at 9 a.m. today took up the no. 1 position at bleacher gate for tomorrow's World Series game in Brooklyn. He plans to be the first for the Saturday game too."
  • Date1949
  • 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. 6, 1949; "Eagle staff photo by Senko." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorSenko, Mickey
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Teenage boys -- 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: Fans: Exterior of Stadium: Waiting (All Nighters)