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Sandy Koufax with Photograph of Lou Gehrig at Columbia University photograph

Date1955 October
DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Sandy Koufax posed next to a photograph of Lou Gehrig. Koufax is holding a notebook, with a stack of books next to him. The caption on the reverse (not shown) reads, "Dodger rookie pitcher Sandy Koufax is studying at Columbia and he won't be able to concentrate completely on his architecture course with picture of immortal Lou Gehrig at his side. Gehrig was also a Columbia student." According to the caption on the reverse, this photograph was taken on October 23, 1955.
Object numberBL-1968-04131-0173
Classificationsphotographic materials
Collection NumberBA PHT 002 New York Herald Tribune photographic materials
Dimensions8 x 10 in.
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Sandy Koufax at Columbia University, 1955 October 19
Object number: BL-1968-04131-0171
Koufax, Sandy, 1935-
1955 October 19
Object number: BL-1968-04131-0172
New York Herald Tribune (Firm)
1955 October 18
Sandy Koufax photograph, between 1955 and 1956
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1445
New York World-Telegram
between 1955 and 1956
Lou Gehrig in Columbia University Uniform photograph, circa 1922
Object number: B-1955-0334-002
Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941
circa 1922
Sandy Koufax photograph, approximately 1955
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1446
New York World-Telegram
approximately 1955
Letter from Lou Little to Eleanor Gehrig, 1949 April 04
Object number: BL-2001-01031
Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941
1949 April 04
Object number: BL-1968-04131-0163
New York Herald Tribune (Firm)
1963 October 02
Letter from Lou Little to Eleanor Gehrig, 1955 September 16
Object number: BL-2001-01030
Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941
1955 September 16
Object number: BL-1968-04131-0148
New York Herald Tribune (Firm)
1955 August 30