A bunch of companies issued Gibson photos in 1971 and 1972 when it was announced the Hall of Fame would start inducting Negro Leaguers and they used the images to make the announcement.
They went back into their files and pulled an original image and made a new copy (your photo) then attached a paper label to the front so it could be used to make subsequent wire photographs (if indeed the caption on the front is paper and not embedded into the print). Yours would have been developed off a duplicate negative in 1971 (Type 4 Wire Photo)
This is actually a rarer version than the example where he is crouched as a catcher so it is a cool shot!
Last edited by prewarsports; 01-10-2025 at 01:09 PM.
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