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Ty Cobb photograph

Date1961 July

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of two photographs put together at the time of Ty Cobb's death in 1961. The image caption below reads, "Ty Cobb in the '20s--Ty Cobb, who died today in the Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Ga., is shown at left sliding into base in 1925, when he was a star outfielder with the Detroit Tigers. At right he is shown in the uniform of the old Philadelphia Athletics, near the end of his 24-year-long playing career."

Object numberB-1963-0010-001

Subject Cobb, Ty, 1886-1961

Subject Detroit Tigers (Baseball team)

Subject Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 012 Hall of Famers photographic materials

Dimensions10 x 7 in.

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