This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/31/2011
Hall of Fame sluggers Willie Mays and Ernie Banks are pictured here prior to a match up of their San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in 1965. Measures 5.5" x 8.5". United Press International Photo & May 21 1965 stamps on reverse. Boston Herald Archives Hologram. (M0631)
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)