The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Envelope reads, "1-16-58. Copies of Giants baseball. Historical NY Giants era." Negative is a copy negative of photographs from a book on the NY Giants. The left page shows a man wearing an "Olean" uniform. The caption says "Young John at Olean." The right page shows a man in uniform, mitt on his left hand, throwing the ball. The caption says "Fred Merkle.
Concepts:
baseball mitt; male portrait; copy negative; baseball uniform; book; baseball player
Persons:
Fred Merkle; John McGraw
Organizations:
New York Giants
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