About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0015
  • TitleMail call!
  • SummaryThree smiling men at table piled with letters; man at left in suit; other two men in baseball uniforms; two photos of baseball players on wall in background; location unknown, perhaps office of Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. Caption: "Mail Call!: Judges in the 'Dodger Bat-Boy-for-a-Day' Contest go over the latest batch of letters from youngsters seeking that honor. Left to right, Brooklyn Eagle Sports Editor Lou Niss, TV star Happy Felton and Dodger Manager Walt Alston. Winner will be named in Eagle next Sunday . . . ".
  • Date1954
  • 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: May 16, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle Sports Photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAlston, Walter, 1911-1984 ; Felton, Happy ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball managers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Contests -- 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: Alston, Walter: Dated