DATE: 1946-52 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original - Printed from the original negative in the time period in which it was shot TEAM: Sacramento Solons SUBJECT: Joe Marty APPROXIMATE SIZE: 6-3/8"x7" 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: Joseph Anton Marty was born in 1913 in Sacramento, CA and died in 1984 in Sacramento, CA. He went to college at Saint Mary's College of California. He played major league baseball from 1937 to 1941 as outfielder for the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies, and appeared in the 1938 World Series. He left baseball in 1941 to join the military; after his military service, he opened a popular restaurant in Sacramento on Broadway. After his death in 1984, the restaurant continued operation under new ownership, until a fire destroyed the building on June 25, 2005. SKU: L15018
Item: L15018
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