Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter at @LizabethRonk. Brooklyn Dodgers fans cheering during a game at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York. May 1940.

Ebbets Field was home to the Brooklyn Dodgers in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York from 1913-1957. It remains one of baseball's most famous stadiums in history, despite having been ...