"The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth"

[Forever Young]

(TYPE 1s)
Used for 1961 Golden Press Card

[thekingofclout]

so lets see any & all of your Gehrig pieces.

These were added to my collection over the last several months...

1927GehrigChristyWalshJR.jpg1936GEHRIG.jpg

GehrigYEE2010.jpg1938gehrig.jpg1939Gehrig1.jpg

[Ladder7]

Jimmy, Bottom L looks "rookie"... Stunning!


1936 League MVP's Lou & King Carl. Together for the October Time magazine article. (I'm fairly certain.)



"If you want to hit my screwball, you'll need this."

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by Ladder7

Jimmy, Bottom L looks "rookie"... Stunning!

Good call Steve! It's actually the first photo ever taken of Gehrig in a Yankee uniform.

A single page from the New York Evening Post newspaper dated June 14, 1923. This original 17"x 21" sports page has a large photo of Lou Gehrig saying that he "NOW WEARS A YANKEE UNIFORM."

Gehrig joined the Yanks midway through the 1923 season and made his debut on June 15, 1923, as a pinch hitter.


1923GehrigJoinsYankesNEWSPAPER.jpg1923GehrigJoinsYankesNEWSPAPERcloseUP.jpgGehrigYEE2010.jpg

[thekingofclout]

Alright now. It's been 11 months since the last post in this thread and it's now time to bring back the Iron Horse! So let's see your Gehrig pick-ups from 2011. Even if you showed them in other threads. It doesn't matter... show them again!

An extremely scarce, high-grade Advertising Order Form for the 1940 Book "Lou Gehrig - Baseball's Iron Man" by Stan W. Carlson...

1940GehrigBookOrderFormWithOrigEnvelope2.jpg1940GehrigBookOrderFormWithOrigEnvelope1.jpg

And many thanks to Max (baseballart) for reassuring that it indeed is an original piece and for his tremendous knowledge and scan of the book that I will be on the hunt for in 2012.


BTW... Max was kind enough to send me a link to his remarkable Baseball Book Collection, and I was just floored by the vast amount of Books that have been written on the Grand Old Game over the last 120 or so years. And get this, the link Max sent me had only about 1/3 of his collection scanned for viewing at this time!

I hope Max doesn't mind if I share his link to his amazing Baseball Book Collection. I really had no idea of what was really out there. Take a look.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/basebal...7627662676073/

[kaddyshack]

Signed during the 1934 Season. His Triple Crown year.

[baseballart]

Some more Gehrig stuff, most of which I think I've posted in other threads.

Jennifer's Reflections series of Lou --he is reversed in the image, so you have to look in the mirror to see the correct image



Pride of Japan, Japanese edition

Title from Putnam Sports Shelf series



Large size poster from Graham's book, which doesn't match any dj of the book I've seen