November 2007 Catalog > Photo Collection > 1940s Baseball
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Lot 812: Definitive Josh Gibson Photograph
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Spectacular Josh Gibson pose is one of the more famous images of this immortal yet the first time we have seen a definitive original. This is an actual publicity portrait used to promote him in a then upcoming Negro National League contest. Wearing a Homestead Grays uniform he looks ready, willing, and destructively able. Stamping on the back from the McNeill News Photo Service of Washington D.C. Interesting vintage bio typed on the verso. 8x10''. EX. One of the finer baseball photographs you will ever see.
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