About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0901
  • TitleHat trick
  • SummaryThree Brooklyn Dodgers and one civilian playfully relaxing in locker room at the Dodger spring training grounds in Vero Beach, Fla. Caption on verso: "Hat Trick: County Judge Sam Leibowitz swaps headgear with first baseman Gil Hodges in bit of locker room horseplay. Looking on are pitchers Carl Erskine and Preacher Roe. The Vero Beach training camp is a magnet for any touring Brooklynites."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Mar. 14, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHodges, Gil, 1924-1972 ; Erskine, Carl ; Roe, Preacher, 1916-2008 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Spring training (Baseball) -- Florida -- Vero Beach
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationVero Beach (Fla.)
  • 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: Players: Clubhouse (Locker Room)