Eddie Collins, Ty Cobb, and Tris Speaker photograph, approximately 1928

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of, from left to right, Eddie Collins, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker. Collins is dressed in the Philadelphia Athletics road uniform, with a jacket over it. He has his hands placed behind his back and has a straight face. Cobb has his hands placed on the shoulders of a young unidentified boy, who could be named Arnold Hanson. Cobb is dressed in the Philadelphia Athletics road uniform. Speaker, also dressed in the Philadelphia Athletics road uniform, is grinning widely and has his hand placed on the young boy's arm. The young boy is dressed in a suit and is looking off to the side. An unidentified stadium is in the background. The caption on the back of the photograph states, "Eddie Collins, Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker + Arnold Hanson." Based on their uniforms and their time with the Athletics, this photograph was taken in approximately 1928.

Object numberBL-1968-01451-1532

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Collins, Eddie, 1887-1951

Subject Cobb, Ty, 1886-1961

Subject Speaker, Tris

Subject Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 World-Telegram photographic materials

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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