Honus Wagner with Trophies photograph

Dateprobably 1950

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Honus Wagner sitting in a chair surrounded by five of his trophies. Wagner is dressed in a button down shirt and patterned tie. He has a little smile as he looks at the photographer. Two trophies rest on the arms of the chair, while two others are placed on the ground in front of Wagner's chair. Wagner is holding the largest trophy on his lap. The caption on the reverse of the photograph (not shown) states, "'I won't quit baseball until baseball quits me,' Hans Wagner, who still wears title of greatest shortstop of all, declares as he looks over trophies while celebrating his 76th birthday in Carnegie, PA." Based on the caption, this photograph was probably taken in 1950.

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0872

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Wagner, Honus, 1874-1955

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Duplicate/Alternate CopyBL-712-68

Dimensions6.5 x 8.5 in.

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

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