About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0854
  • TitleOpening day Ebbets Field
  • SummaryFour dignitaries (one in naval uniform) leaning over railing draped with bunting at Ebbets Field during Brooklyn Dodgers first game of season; fans apparently filing out of stadium behind them; inscription on verso identifies officials as, from left to right: "Art Falk, State Marine Lines; Ed J. Quigley, Brooklyn Post Master; Admiral R. Mason of M.S.T.S. Atlantic; John Gammil, State Marine Lines."
  • Date[1954?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: 1954.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Municipal officials and employees -- 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: Opening Day