Satchel Paige photograph

Date1959 October 01

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Satchel Paige from the movie The Wonderful Country. The caption below the image (not shown) reads, "Making His Pitch in Pictures--Leroy 'Satchel' Paige, one time major league pitcher, poses in his first movie role as a post-Civil War U.S. cavalry sergeant in 'Wonderful Country.' Film acting is all new to Ole Satch who says, 'I had nothing but a baseball in my hand for the last 35 years.'"

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0968

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Duplicate/Alternate CopyB-1843-63-9

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions4 x 8.5 in.

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

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