About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0491
  • Title[Gil Hodges fielding ground ball]
  • SummaryPublicity shot of Brooklyn Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges leaning to right to field ground ball; empty stadium seats of Ebbets Field in background.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: May 17, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; 2 x 2 in. portion missing from lower left.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHodges, Gil, 1924-1972 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball players -- 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: Hodges, Gil : General