About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0544
  • TitleOff to a good start
  • SummaryTwo men in suits seated at banquet table, and three men in suits standing behind them. Caption: "Off to a Good Start: Walter Alston, seated at right, new Dodger manager, gets assurances of 100 percent support from George C. Wildermuth, seated left, chairman of the board of the Dodger Knot-Hole Club, while Walter F. O'Malley, president of the Brooklyn Baseball Club; Edwin B. Wilson, president of the club and executive editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, and Borough Historian Jamie Kelly, chairman of the 'Welcome Home' dinner committee, lend their moral support, left to right, rear."
  • 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. 13, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Malley, Walter F. (Walter Frank), 1903-1979 ; Alston, Walter, 1911-1984 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Middle-aged men -- 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: Knot-Hole Club