Ty Cobb photograph

Date1954

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Ty Cobb with medallions. The image caption on the reverse (not shown) reads, "Ty Cobb, who gave up his own education to become one of baseball's all-time greats, established a foundation to award non-athletic scholarships to deserving Georgians. Here he displays three medallions presented to trustees of the foundation." The second image caption (also not shown) reads, "All-time baseball great Ty Cobb, forced to skip the Yankee Stadium old-timers game 8/14 because of his wife's illness, is shown during one of the many highlights of his life, when he presented three medallions to the trustees of the foundation he established for college of post-graduate training for young men and women."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0056

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer New York World-Telegram

Subject Cobb, Ty, 1886-1961

Attributes

black-and-white photographs

Classificationsphotographic materials

Duplicate/Alternate CopyBL-4757-76

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions9 x 7.25 in.

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

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