Ruth gehrig autographed photo thoughts?

[GKreindler]

BB,

Welcome to the boards. A GREAT photo indeed. I can't speak about the autographs, but I can say with certainty that's from St. Louis (Sportsman's Park) and sometime between 1930 (probably even 1931) and 1934.

Hope that helps someone!

Graig

[yanks12025]

I don't think Gehrig ever signed his name with quotes. At least I've never seen one.

[Stanesq]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

I don't think Gehrig ever signed his name with quotes. At least I've never seen one.

In his early career he did:

[yanks12025]

Originally Posted by Stanesq

In his early career he did:

What's the history behind that? Never seen one like that before.

[Stanesq]

That is circa 1923 when he first came up.

[David Atkatz]

Here's another:

[David Atkatz]

And, for what it's worth, my opinion is that the signatures on the photo are good, while Stanesq's Gehrig is not.

[William Farrell]

Originally Posted by GKreindler

BB,

Welcome to the boards. A GREAT photo indeed. I can't speak about the autographs, but I can say with certainty that's from St. Louis (Sportsman's Park) and sometime between 1930 (probably even 1931) and 1934.

Which would rule out the possible quotation marks surrounding "Lou"s early-career signature.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by William Farrell

Which would rule out the possible quotation marks surrounding "Lou"s early-career signature.

Gehrig used quotes on occasion through the early 1930s. The example I showed--a page from New York sportswriter Rud Rennie's scrapbook--was signed in 1927. And here's the facsimile signature--definitely a copy of a genuine signature--from Gehrig's 1932 baseball board game: