DATE: 1939 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original - Printed from the original negative in the time period in which it was shot TEAM: Detroit Tigers SUBJECT: Walter Briggs APPROXIMATE SIZE: 10-1/4"x8" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Walter Owen Briggs was born in 1877 in Ypsilanti, MI and died in 1952 in Miami Beach, FL. Lifelong Detroit Tigers fan Walter Briggs and John Kelsey, who had made their fortune in the automobile industry, each bought slightly less than one quarter of the club in 1920 after the death of majority owner Bill Yawkey the previous year. The majority control of the club rested with Frank Navin, who had been running its day-to-day operations since 1902. Upon Kelsey's death in 1927, Briggs bought his quarter and became the team's sole owner in 1935 when Navin died. He had been funding the operations of the club since 1929, when Navin lost much of his wealth to the stock market crash, and had been behind the purchase of star players such as Mickey Cochrane and Goose Goslin that brought Detroit its first Championship in 1935. He owned the Tigers until his death in 1952. SKU: XP12794
Item: XP12794
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