About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0209
  • TitleEbbets Field rodeo
  • SummaryPoliceman on horseback dispersing crowd outside Ebbets Field; various billboards in background. Caption: "Ebbets Field Rodeo: There we were, just a bunch of ordinary guys trying to see a ball game -- and what happens? The cops say no more seats or standing room. 'But they said there were going to be seats,' we protest. 'All sold,' say the cops. We get mad. The cops get mad. Then come the horses. So we go home and watch the darn game on TV."
  • Date1952
  • 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. 7, 1952; photographer's stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horses -- 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: Police