Bob Feller with Bill Veeck photograph

Date1948 January

DescriptionA black-and-white posed photograph of Bob Feller with Bill Veeck. Feller, shown from the waist up, is seated at a desk wearing a suit and a bow tie. Feller faces the camera while turning his head to his left to smile at Veeck. Both men simultaneously hold Feller's new contract, Veeck, with his left hand and Feller with his right. Feller holds in his left hand a figurine of the team's logo, Chief Wahoo. Pasted on the reverse (not shown), typed in black ink, is a clipping of the original newspaper caption that reads, "STILL HIGHEST PAID IN BASEBALL: Bob Feller grins as he holds his new contract tendered by Bill Veeck, president of the Cleveland Indians (right). The widest grin is on the club statuette Veeck is holding. Feller's new 1948 contract may give him more than the $87,000 he made last year." Stamped on the reverse (not shown) in purple ink is the date "JAN 22 1948," the publication date of this image.

Object numberBL-1968-04131-0029

Publisher New York Herald Tribune (Firm)

Subject Feller, Bob, 1918-2010

Subject Veeck, Bill

Subject Cleveland Guardians (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 002 New York Herald Tribune photographic materials

Dimensions8.25 x 6.75 in.

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

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