1927 Yankees ball

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Doesn't Gehrig's first and last name usually touch on his autograph?

I am not sure of the periods, but there was a time that the u in Lou would continue in cursive to the capital G. But there was also a time when he broke off after the u and Gehrig was separate. EDIT: I also think there was a time where he scrapped the u and he signed Lo and continued on from the o into the capital G.

[David Atkatz]

The "Gehrig" that appears on that ball is a perfect 1927-style signature. He didn't start running his first and last names together until the 1930s. And even then, when he signed carefully, the two names were separate.

1927:



1937:


"careful" 1937: