About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0246
  • TitleInstead of turkey, they ate crow
  • SummaryChef and man in suit standing behind counter piled with uncooked turkeys at former hotel at 25 Clark Street. Caption: "Instead of Turkey, They Ate Crow: At Towers Hotel, banquet manager John L. Webber wonders what he'll do with turkeys he had ready for Dodger team victory dinner, while chef Walter Misbach disconsolately counts them."
  • Date1951
  • 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: Oct. 4, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Cooks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Turkeys -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Fans: General