The team’s home, Ebbets Field, was a few thousand seats too cozy ... Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter at @LizabethRonk.

(AP) Roy Campanella was left paralyzed by a car accident and didn't move west with the team, but he did make it to the demolition of Ebbets Field in Feb. 1960. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios ...

And here, courtesy of the Library of Congress, is a photo taken during the first game ever played in Ebbets Field. The game was of the exhibition variety, pitting the Yankees against the Brooklyn ...

a listing of milestone events at Ebbets Field and photos, among them one of the pitcher presenting a game ball from the finale to the Hall of Fame in 1965. “I said, ‘I think I’ll get ...

The deal gives Ebbets Field exclusive use of the Stall & Dean name, as well as its considerable library of artifacts and photos. The photos are sprinkled liberally throughout Ebbets Field’s ...

comes the following color image of Dodgers legend Don Drysdale plying his trade on the Ebbets Field mound ... Excelsior! You'll note, of course, the alarmingly sparse attendance on what looked ...

“I came here to step on home plate,” he added. “To see where Ebbets Field was before it was torn down.” Ebbets Field was converted to housing projects after the Dodgers played their final ...