| Title: | It's springtime in Flatbush |
| Description: | One of four views of work crews maintaining and preparing Ebbets Field; 0144 (9 x 5 in., with portion missing from upper right) shows workers on ladders propped against outfield fence; see also DODG 0137, 0139 and 0146. Caption: "It's Springtime in Flatbush: Regardless of what the thermometer says, a hardy crew spruces Ebbets Field for next Friday's pre-season inaugural with the Yankees. Above left, majordomo Jimmy Thomson prepares a bale of wire to replace wornout equipment [not shown]. Elsewhere busy technicians look after screen along the right-field foul line [0144] and other sections of the park." |
| Date: | 1954 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Senko, Mickey. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on versos. On versos: date stamped: Apr. 4 (or 5), 1954; "Eagle Sports Photos by Senko"; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [4]
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| Subject: |
Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) [5] Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Employees. [6] Baseball fields [7] Lost architecture [8] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library |
| ID: | DODG 0144 |