Ty Cobb photograph

Date1926

DescriptionA black-and-white, head and shoulders photograph of Ty Cobb from 1926. The image caption on the reverse (not shown) reads, "This is the first photo of Ty Cobb, leader of the Detroit Tigers, wearing his colored glasses. It was taken at Augusta where the Tigers are in training. The...player-manager has not lost his ...eye despite the colored glasses...demonstrated this in a practice game...days ago."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0060

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer New York World-Telegram

Subject Cobb, Ty, 1886-1961

Subject Detroit Tigers (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions6.5 x 8.75 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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