1940 (probably) Burke Williams and D DiMaggio
These were both hanging on the wall of a bar in Oregon since 1940. I was able to find a photo of them on the wall, with Bobby Doerr in the middle. The Williams signature looked 1939-ish to me, but DiMaggio's first year with the Red Sox was 1940. Per Lance, the Burke stamp on the back dates them to pre-1942. Doerr lived a few miles down the road from the bar (still lives in Oregon), so I'm guessing the three of them were in the area on a visit.
Both photos obviously have issues. I cleaned some of the dried (beer?) residue off of Ted and flattened out most of it's possible early use as a coaster. Dom D is suffering from the acid cardboard backing from it's frame.
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Last edited by Runscott; 11-30-2014 at 12:15 PM.
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