About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0843
  • TitleTree that grew in Brooklyn's camp
  • SummaryWorkers with moving equipment preparing to plant large palm tree in field; middle-aged woman (May Smith) standing before palm tree in foreground and looking into camera; Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley observing operation at far right. Caption: "Tree That Grew in Brooklyn's Camp: Mrs. May Smith, co-owner of Brooklyn Dodgers, looks on as palm tree she dedicated goes up at Holman Stadium, Vero Beach (Fla.) Field -- Dodgers' Spring camp base -- will be officially opened March 11."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 2, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Malley, Walter F. (Walter Frank), 1903-1979 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball team owners -- New York (State) -- New York ; Spring training (Baseball) -- Florida -- Vero Beach
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationVero Beach (Fla.)
  • 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: Officials: Smith, John