About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0463
  • Title[Gil Hodges examining bat]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0462), some of which may also be described in this new record; Brooklyn Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodes crouching down to examine baseball bat; other bats propped against his leg or in open racks before him; location unknown; images identical except for retouching on 0462 and missing portion of 0463.
  • Date[1951?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso of 0463: date inscribed: June 25, 1951; on verso of 0462: June 13, 1953. 0462 retouched; rectangular portion (7 x 1 in.) missing from lower left of 0463.
  • SubjectHodges, Gil, 1924-1972 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball bats -- 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: Hodges, Gil : Batting