| Title: | Thrill of lifetime |
| Description: | Group of soldiers, mostly African American, in front row seats at Ebbets Field; one soldier standing to throw baseball; sign with flag on fence before soldiers reads, "Welcome Home [K]orean Heroes." Caption: "Thrill of Lifetime: Repatriated prisoner of war Pfc. Rafael Morarosa has the honor of throwing out the first ball to open game between the Dodgers and the Redlegs yesterday. The Dodgers were host to nine recently freed PWs from the metropolitan area." |
| Date: | 1953 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 30, 1953; "United Press Photo"; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [4]
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| Subject: |
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [5] Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) [6] Baseball fans [7] African American soldiers [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 0262 |