This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/31/2011
Roy Campanella is pictured here shortly after his car accident receiving a ball from Harlem Globetrotter great Wilt Chamberlain during a game at Madison Square Garden. Measures 6.5" x 8". "Roy Campanella" handwritten on reverse with United Press International Photo & Oct 20 1958 stamps. Boston Herald Archives Hologram. (M0532)
The original Boston Herald was founded in 1846 by a group of Boston printers jointly under the name of John A. French & Company. The paper was published as a single two-sided sheet, selling for one cent. 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)