About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0625
  • TitleLooking for the silver lining
  • SummaryMan in suit holding umbrella and looking at the sky; night lights of Ebbets Field in background. Caption: "Looking for the Silver Lining: Manager Walt Alston peers out at Ebbets Field but, alas and alack, the weatherman spared the Giants the honors of a Flatbush flogging in their first meeting of the year on this side of the bridge. But today's another story."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 18, 1954; "Eagle Sports Photo." Retouched ; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAlston, Walter, 1911-1984 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball managers -- 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: Alston, Walter: Dated