This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/31/2011
Baseball from the 1940s through the 70s is covered on these original photos - 63 by our count. Highlights include an again Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Harmon Killebrew and Tony Oliva, Connie Mack, Ty Cobb with his fiance, Willie Mays in his Minnesota Millers outfit and many more. Most are 8" x 10" although a good number are 7" x 9" or close to it. A few smaller images are sprinkled in. Each has one of the following on reverse: date stamp, production notes, Seattle Times Hologram, names written or photographer service stamp.
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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(MEARS Auction LOA~SB)