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Originally Posted by Scott Garner
Hi Hank,
Thanks for your quick response!
Unfortunately I don't have the photo in hand yet, so I will have to wait to respond about what's on the back until I get it in a few days. Good sleuthing on your part. Yes, this photo did come from Kevin Keating.
Amazingly, all of these 1924 Senators photos from this collection did walk up to his booth at the National. There were several other 1924 Senators signed photos (same photographer) including Fred Marberry. Kevin indicated that each photo had a very small amount of tape present that was used to mount these photos in a frame or frames. This probably provided the protection that kept these photos in such great condition through the years.
How cool would it be if this photo was shot during the pivotal clinching game 7? Wow, neat!
BTW, I did ask Kevin if there was a Walter Johnson in the group and he said there wasn't unfortunately. Imagine what a great signed photo it would be if it exists!  I would love to see it if anyone owns it or knows of it's whereabouts....
I'll keep you posted.... |
Bert Sugar, among others, has game 7 of the 1924 World Series as the greatest single baseball game ever played. My book has an entire chapter devoted to it, of course. And speaking of it and the National, I picked up a gorgeous original panorama of both teams and thousands of spectators taken just before the game. There's 19 or 20 Hall of Famers, plus President Coolidge, in this spectacular photo, which is in the original frame with a 1920s D.C. frame shop sticker on the back. Also my grandfather, grandmother, great-grandmother, and a couple of great-uncles, so it's something of a family picture for me. Here it is sitting on the floor of Tony Arnold's booth waiting for me to come along and spot it. Tony told me it was on the floor because he hadn't realized it didn't have a wire on the back. You can see the space he had made for it at the top of his backdrop. For the price he was asking, there's no way it would have still been there by the time I made it by his booth had it been properly displayed. There's nothing like the National!
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