| Title: | Teen-age fans' brigade |
| Description: | Five adolescents sitting on outdoor steps of Polo Grounds in upper Manhattan; two holding sign reading, "Brooklyn Now! Brooklyn Forever" and one holding sign reading, "We Stick with Bums"; older man, possibly homeless, sleeping on steps above them. Caption: "Teen-Age Fans' Brigade: Waiting for Polo Grounds bleacher gate to open are young Brooklynites (left to right) Mary Erwin, 17, 666 44th St. and Betty Tierney, 16, 2415 Clarendon Road; (rear row) Joan Feery, 16, 110 Martense St.; Maureen Gilroy, 17, 354 E. 35th St. and Peter Dente, 19, 224 Avenue U." |
| Date: | 1951 |
| Location: | Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) [2] Washington Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Lambert, Al. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 2, 1951; "Eagle Staff Photo by Lambert." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [4]
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| Subject: |
New York Giants (Baseball team) [5] Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [6] Polo Grounds (New York, N.Y.) [7] Baseball fans [8] Queues [9] Teenagers [10] |
| 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 0245 |