About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0329
  • TitleGreater love hath no fan
  • SummaryGroup of fans outside closed gate at Ebbets field, some sitting, some standing; radio on ground next to young couple in right foreground. Caption: "Greater Love Hath No Fan: With portable radios, blankets and sandwiches, Brooklyn rooters made a home out of gates 31 and 32 at Ebbets Field. First arrivals are Warren De Montreux (standing), George Reilly and, sprawled with him, Pete (the Pollock) Drogon, Samuel Simon and the honeymooners, Janie and Louis Boulos from Chicago."
  • Date1946
  • 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: Sep. 28, 1946; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Radio audiences -- New York (State) -- New York ; Queues -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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: Radio