R. I. P. those jints!
Order this Image
Original Record
| Title: | R. I. P. those jints! |
| Description: | Man with paint-spattered pants looking at man sleeping on sidewalk, apparently outside Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan; closed gate and sign reading "Bleachers" behind them; floral wreath reading "Sympathy to the Giants" between them. Caption: "R. I. P. Those Jints!: Irving Aks, of 488 New Jersey Ave., hat in hand, pays respects at Polo Grounds before wreath mourning forthcoming expiration of Coogan's Bluff boys. Unidentified body at right belongs to Giant fan who succumbed to exposure yesterday after nine innings without a run." |
| Date: | 1951 |
| Location: | Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Washington Heights (New York, N.Y.) |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 3, 1951; "Eagle Staff Photos." Retouched. |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers
|
| Subject: |
New York Giants (Baseball team) Polo Grounds (New York, N.Y.) Baseball fans Wreaths |
| 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 0200 |
