DATE: 1947 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period TEAM: Pittsburgh Pirates SUBJECT: Elmer Singleton PHOTOGRAPHER: George Burke APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3-1/2"x5-1/2" MARKS / STAMPING: Handwritten identification of photo's subject. Has standard postcard back but remains postally unused. NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: Offered is an approximately 3-1/2"x5-1/2" real photo postcard of Elmer Singleton, pictured in his Pittsburgh Pirates uniform circa 1947. The original photo was taken by George Burke in 1947, but this card was produced some time later (no earlier than the 1950's judging by the standard Kodak back). Comes from a large collection of such postcards that we will be listing over the coming months, all having standard postcard backs but being postally unused. 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 item being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Bert Elmer Singleton (Smoky) was born in 1918 in Ogden, UT and died in 1996 in Ogden, UT. He played major league baseball from 1945 to 1959 as pitcher for the Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators and the Chicago Cubs. Singleton accomplished the feat of pitching in three different decades, the 1940s, 1950s and the 1960s, 24 seasons. After baseball he became an automobile salesman in Seattle, WA, until retiring to his birthplace of Ogden, UT SKU: GB12724
Item: GB12724
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