About This Item


  • Call NumberCHUR_0945
  • TitleBatter up
  • SummaryCaption: "Batter up--Rear Admiral Roy T. Cowdrey, commander of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, center, presents tickets for the Brooklyn Protestant Council Day at Ebbets Field next Wednesday to Robert Krejce, his orderly, for distribution to enlisted men and civilian personnel at the Yard. Looking on, left to right, are Fred LoPresto, employe [sic] service superintendent; Capt. W. W. Johnson, administrative officer, and the Rev. Dr. J. Henry Carpenter, executive secretary, Brooklyn Division, Protestant Council."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: caption stamped: Aug. 23, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectProtestant Council of the City of New York. Brooklyn Division
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • 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: Churches: Organizations: Protestant Council of the City of New York. Brooklyn Division