This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/27/2011
The four catchers named to the 1949 Midsummer's Classic; Roy Campanella, Yogi Berra, Birdie Tebbetts and Andy Seminick, are pictured here engaging in a squat off. Measures 6.5" x 8.5". Cutline affixed on reverse with handwritten player names and various date stamps. Boston Herald Archives Hologram. (L0180)
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)