DATE: 1939 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period TEAM: Detroit Tigers SUBJECT: Charlie Gehringer PHOTOGRAPHER: Norman Paulson APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3-1/2"x5-1/2" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: Offered is an approximately 3-1/2"x5-1/2" real photo postcard of Charlie Gehringer, pictured in his Detroit Tigers uniform circa 1939. The original photo was taken by Norm Paulson, with the postcard having been produced in the 1960's-70's by Jim Elder using Paulson's original negatives. Please see scans of the actual card for further details including condition. BIO: Charles Leonard Gehringer (The Mechanical Man) was born in Fowlerville, MI and died in 1993 in Bloomfield Hills, MI. He went to college at University of Michigan. He played major league baseball from 1924 to 1942 as 2nd baseman for the Detroit Tigers, appeared in the 1934, 1935 and 1940 World Series, was selected 6 as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949. Known for his consistency as a hitter and fielder, Gehringer was given the nickname "The Mechanical Man" by Yankee pitcher Lefty Gomez. Teammate Doc Cramer quipped: "You wind him up Opening Day and forget him." Norman M. Paulson was born in 1916 and died in 2004 in New Port Richey, FL. Paulson began photographing baseball players when he was 18-years-old, for the Chicago based company which made vending machine postcards. He also worked for baseball card manufacturers including Topps, Bowman and Fleer, as well as The Sporting News. Paulson once said in an interview that Babe Ruth would order 5000 of his postcards at a time, and after baseball games, Ruth would go to hospitals and hand the autographed cards out. Paulson also wrote nine baseball books. The most successful was, "Baseball for Boys" which he paid a dozen ballplayers ten dollars each to help him write. He was the general manager for the Waterloo, Iowa (Three-I League) minor league team in 1949, and he served in the Marine Corps during World War II. SKU: L09925
Item: L09925
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