Through a Blue Lens: The Brooklyn Dodger Photographs of Barney Stein 1937-1957

by Dennis D'Agostino, Bonnie Crosby, Barney Stein (Photographer)

Barney Stein was the Dodgers’ official team photographer from 1937 until the team left for Los Angeles in 1957. With access that no other photographer had, his camera chronicled every aspect of the team’s most vibrant and memorable period. But his Brooklyn Dodger work has remained one of the sports world’s ?lost treasures,” since?except for rare and scattered glimpses?it has not been published or otherwise seen since the team left New York. Now, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Dodgers’ last season in Brooklyn, Barney Stein’s Dodgers photographs live again. The book takes you to every corner of Ebbets Field ? to the playing field, the dugout, the locker room, even to the fabled Marble Rotunda. You'll see the on-and-off-the-field legends who made the Brooklyn years so unforgettable, as well as never-before-seen photos of the final game at Ebbets Field and the legendary ballpark’s demolition.

Genres: Baseball

176 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2007

Reviews

[Stephen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome look at Brooklyn Dodgers history through photographs and commentary

[Douglas · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a really nice photographic history of the 1940's and 1950's Dodgers. The pictures shown are more personal and intimate than a typical sports book, many directly from the personal files of the Dodgers staff photographer of this era, Barney Stein. Clubhouse photoes, shots from spring training in Vero Beach, and even pictures taken for Dodger players with their families fill this book and are a great peek into the more ordinary and daily lives of this historic team. The collection is put together by the photographer's daughter and another Brooklyn native who obviously loves the subject material. Great quotes from living Dodger players are provided and who directly comment on the pictures shown to them. A great book for Dodgers fans.