This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/1/2012
Offered for auction in this lot is a collection of 4 images capturing Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs slugger Billy Williams. Measurements range from 3.5" x 5.5" to 8" x 10". Photos contain various cutlines, date stamps and Seattle Times Archives holograms on their reverse. (J0488)
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.
(MEARS Auction LOA~SB)