SOLD Walter Johnson Estate Rookie Photo Type 1 Trimmed from RPPC

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

Spectacular image Hank. Would love to know what the original RPPC looked like. Good luck with the sale.

I know, the mind boggles--and cringes--at the idea of somebody taking scissors to the original to create this one, and for what conceivable purpose? As you know, though, there's always a story, and maybe a coffee spill had already ruined most of the original. Who knows? I don't believe Hazel Johnson, a faithful archivist of his material, would have done it just to make a cute little oval she could paste onto the collage, I don't think she would ruin a much nicer photo just to do that. I'm guessing HE did it for some purpose--maybe to carry in his wallet--while still a youngster, and it came down to her that way. It does seem to be addressed to him in Fullerton, something I hadn't realized before seeing it blown up in this post.