| Title: | Faithful to the flock |
| Description: | Three men, one lying on bench, one seated under umbrella, and one standing with back to camera, behind wooden barricades outside Ebbets Field; sign overhead reading, "Pavilion Admision 60 cents." Caption: "Here are the first three fans on line at Ebbets Field for the Giant opener today, the picture having been taken at 3 a.m. They were playing 'hookey' from work and refused to give their names, but they did say: 'We are risking our jobs. The least these Bums can do is to win this opener.'" |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 3, 1946; "Eagle Staff Photo." Retouched. |
| 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. Night photographs. |
| 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 0224 |