This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/29/2012
Homering heroes Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris look on during batting practice prior to the 1961 Midsummer's Classic at their home park, Yankee Stadium. Measures 6.5" x 9". "Roger Maris" handwritten on reverse with Associated Press Wirephoto stamp. Boston Herald Archives Hologram. (M0518)
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.