This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/29/2012
Headshot of the perpetrator of baseball's most famous boner, Fred Merkle, snapped during his tenure with the New York Giants. Measures 4" x 6.5". "Fred Merkle NY Giants" handwritten on reverse with numerous date stamps. Boston Herald Archives Hologram. (N0426)
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)