About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0227
  • TitleHope springs eternal in Dodger fans' breasts
  • SummaryNine men in suits (one holding baseball) standing over desk and looking at photographs scattered before them. Caption: "Hope Springs Eternal in Dodger Fans' Breasts: With fingers crossed, members of Brooklyn Citizens Committee meet at office of Borough President Cashmore and map plans for Dodger pennant welcome parade (if it ever comes off). Clockwise are: Police Inspectors Herman Schwartzberg, Louis Goldberg and Frank H. Riley, Assistant Chief Inspector George Loures, John De Prospo of WNYC, Edward C. Dowden, committee chairman; Thomas F. Cuite, assistant to City Council President; Deputy Chief Inspector David Condon and Deputy Public Works Commissioner John A. Valenti."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: earliest date stamped: Sep. 30, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Municipal officials and employees -- 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