This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/1/2012
Teddy Ballgame is pictured here with throngs of autograph seeking fans at a Sportsmen's Show where he was dueling heavyweight champion Jack Sharkey in fly casting. Measures 7" x 9". Newspaper cutline affixed on reverse with Jan 31 1966 stamp. Boston Herald Archives Hologram. (M0655)
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.