About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0440
  • TitleSigned by Cupid
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers clubhouse manager John Griffin (in profile) observing older man kissing older bride in church, possibly at 2805 Hamilton Parkway. Caption: "Signed by Cupid: 'Senator' John Griffin, left, the Dodgers' clubhouse custodian and popularly known as the 'Hat,' registers meek complaint as his best man, Lawrence J. Koerner, busses his bride, the former Miss Margaret M. Kandra, after their marriage at the Immaculate Heart of Mary R. C. Church."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 19, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Employees ; Weddings -- 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: Griffin, John