This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/1/2012
What Ty Cobb smiling, is that possible? A content Cobb enjoys time with his fiance on this original 8" x 10" photo. The following appear on reverse: caption affixed, "Oct 4 1949" date stamp and The Seattle Times Archives hologram.
The Seattle Times originated as the Seattle Press-Times, a four page newspaper founded in 1891 with a daily circulation of 3,500, which Maine teacher and attorney Alden J. Blethen bought in 1896. This is an original photo, in many cases a Type 1 printed at the time of the event. File copies or type 2 photos are also found, and can be distinguished by the markings on the reverse.
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