This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/1/2012
Headshot of Hall of Fame hurler Waite Hoyt snapped shortly before his Philadelphia Athletics were to take on the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1931 World Series. Measures 5" x 7". Newspaper cutlines affixed on reverse with various stamps. Boston Herald Archives Hologram. (N0420)
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.