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Lot 677
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Lot Number: 677
Description: "Chicago Pullman Giants" African American baseball team photograph c.1920s. Original mounted image pictures a uniformed team, posed in two rows wearing full uniforms with "Pullman" across the front. Team and player names have been written on the front of the image in the period including Haywood, Foster, Vance (possibly Columbus Vance), Shaw, Stevenson, Long, and Anderson. The photo itself measures 4"x6" on its original mount retaining strong clarity and contrast with some general light surface wear including some wrinkling. "Pullman" was a term commonly associated with Negro League baseball of the 1920-30s era, most often in reference to "pullman cars" trains of the period. Several teams, and in fact players, were nicknamed after the term. Unique early Negro League related image picturing one of the many Chicago regional teams of the period. Includes letter of provenance from the Mitchell family: VG-EX
Estimated Price: ($750.00-$1,250.00)
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