| Title: | First in line for Dodger opening |
| Description: | Crowd outside closed gates at Ebbets Field, most looking into camera, some waving; woman in left foreground holding sign that reads, "Hearty Congratulations Best Wishes Brooklyn Dodgers 19 Team 49"; sign overhead reads, "Gates 1-4 Pavilion Admission 60 cents." Caption: "Waiting since 6 a.m. today for the Dodgers-Giants opening game at Ebbets Field are, front row, left to right, Sylvia Jacobs, Mrs. [Carrie] Koshnick and Gregory Musco. Equally enthusiastic fans behind them await [chance] to purchase tickets." |
| Date: | 1949 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Lambert, Al. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 19, 1949; "Eagle staff photo by Lambert." |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [4]
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| Subject: |
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [5] Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) [6] Baseball fans [7] Queues [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 0221 |