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2 Scrapbooks with 1930s and Late 1940s-Early 1950s Newspaper Clippings.
Lot 657. 2 Scrapbooks with 1930s and Late 1940s-Early 1950s Newspaper Clippings. These are newer scrapbooks, each with approximately 80 pages of vintage material. One has 11 Willard Mullin illustrations and others by Al Demaree and Ed Burns. Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson, Al Schacht and Rogers Hornsby are among the players illustrated. Articles deal with Gabby Hartnett, Frankie Pytlak, Zeke Bonura, Dolph Camilli, Ducky Medwick, Grover Alexander, Walter Johnson, Bob Feller, the Pirates, rumors surrounding the Red Sox, Goose Goslin, Dizzy Dean, John Shibe, Monty Stratton, Johnny Mize and many more. The second scrapbook offers 1937 columns by Ed Burns of “The Chicago Tribune” and his sketches of several ball parks; a series titled “Minors Coming Up to the Majors,” including Rudy York, Johnny Hopp and Dizzy Trout; and a photo of Lou Gehrig being honored for appearing in his 1901st consecutive game. The second half of the scrapbook has 1940s-50s clippings, including articles, photos or both of Stan Musial, Spahn and Sain, Whitey Ford as a new member of the Yankees’ pitching staff, Sam Jethroe, Joe DiMaggio, Danny Murtaugh, Ted Williams, George Kell, Connie Mack and others. There are Mullin illustrations of DiMaggio, Richie Ashburn as Rookie of the year, and Rex Barney with the Brooklyn Bum. More than 175 pages of entertaining and informative reading and viewing here!
Winning Bid $50.
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