1. Measures 11" x 14". Managers Al Dark and Mayo Smith talk following a brawl between their teams. "Rhubarb. Detroit and Kansas City A's June 6, 1967." handwritten on reverse. Sporting News Hologram. (01884)
2. Measures 11" x 14". Dark and Smith continue the peace making process. "Rhubarb. Detroit and Kansas City A's June 6, 1967." handwritten on reverse. Sporting News Hologram. (01884)
3. Measures 11" x 14". Pictured here is the fracas on the field during the brawl. "Rhubarb" handwritten on reverse with newspaper clipping. Sporting News Hologram. (01884)
4. Measures 10" x 11". Dick McAuliffe and Blue Moon Odom size each other up just before the brawl breaks out. Sporting News Hologram. (01884)
5. Measures 11" x 14". Another shot of the pile of bodies on the field. "Rhubarb. Detroit and Kansas City A's June 6, 1967." Sporting News Hologram. (01884)
6. Measures 11" x 14". Denny McClain and Ossie Chavarria start their own personal fisticuffs in right field. "Rhubarb. From out of the general scene two figures emerge fighting in short right field, Ossie Chavarria of the A's and Dennis McLain of the Tigers. Manager Al Dark of the A's rushes to break them up. June 6, 1967." handwritten on reverse. Sporting News Hologram. (01884)
7. Measures 11" x 14". Head groundskeeper George Toma of the Kansas City A's sits on the top step of the dugout. "George Toma Kansas City A's 1967" handwritten on reverse with Rod Hanna Topeka Capital-Journal photo stamp. Sporting News Hologram. (01884)
With over a million images found in the complete archives of "The Sporting News Collection Archives", there were only a few hundred First Generation Jumbo Oversized images that were included in the find. Each image is unique, as there were no duplicate images of any subject. Unique in nature, each photograph is one of a kind! Matchless in quality, the color, contrast, tone and depths of the black and white media are magnified in the oversized format. Great images became phenomenal in appearance with this Jumbo sized format.
Unlike standard wire photos, these images were hand developed by the photographer and sent to The Sporting News magazine. Therefore, the result is an actual first generation photographer's print - again, not to be confused with the more commonly found wire photo image. This is the first major collection of exclusive first generation Jumbo Photos to enter the market.
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