Satchel Paige photograph

Date1961 July 01

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Satchel Paige sitting in a chair outside, dressed in a suit and looking towards the camera. His feet rest on a structure in front of him and he has a ball and glove in his hands. The image caption on the reverse reads, "Satchel Paige Wants to Come Back. Kansas City, Mo.: At the age of 52--'And that's the truth, man, no matter what those books say'--Leroy (Satchel) Paige is ready to return to the majors. 'I'm throwing that ball a whole lot better now than when I was up there and feeling better too.' Paige is shown relaxing in the garden of his Kansas City home."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0967

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Duplicate/Alternate CopyBL-7398-91

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions10 x 8 in.

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

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