I suppose they didn't have indoor concessions at Ebbets Field in those days. At any rate, these fans were buying their hot dogs and other snacks at stands outside the ballpark, October 6, 1920.

Mickey, shoeshine boy, October 6, 1947.

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson kisses the stump of Harlem's wishing tree at 131st Street and Seventh Avenue after its rededication by Mayor La Guardia, October 6, 1941. The stump had been damaged by a car several months before and was restored by the Parks Department. In rededicating the stump, Mayor La Guardia scoffed at those who do not believe in omens and made a wish "that people will stop killing each other." Robinson served as master of ceremonies.

Dorothy Gish with flowers in The Streets of New York, or Poverty is No Crime, by Dion Boucicault, opened October 6, 1931 at the 46th St. Theater (now the Richard Rodgers) and closed in December after 87 performances. Fania Marinoff was also in the cast.