About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0492
  • Title[Gil Hodges in batting cage
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges swinging at approaching ball in batting cage. Typed caption on verso: "Keep your eye on that ball! -- and that's just what Gil Hodges, Dodgers' home run slugger, is doing at 'Bat-A-Way,' world's largest baseball batting range in Coney Island, before leaving for spring training camp in Vero Beach, Florida."
  • Date[195-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectHodges, Gil, 1924-1972 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Batting (Baseball) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (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: Hodges, Gil : General