DATE: 1929-36 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period TEAM: Chicago Cubs SUBJECT: Gabby Hartnett 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 Gabby Hartnett, pictured in his Chicago Cubs uniform circa 1929-36. The original photo was taken by George Burke in 1929-36, 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: Charles Leo Hartnett was born in 900 in Woonsocket, RI and died in 972 in Park Ridge, IL. He played major league baseball from 922 to 94 as catcher for the Chicago Cubs and a single season with the New York Giants, appeared in the 929, 932, 935 and 938 World Series, was selected 6 times as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 955. On September 28, 938, with the Cubs trailing Pittsburgh by only half a game, he experienced the highlight of his career. The lightless Wrigley Field was gradually being overcome by darkness in a hard-fought game with the Pirates, the score tied 5-5; if it had become too dark, the game would have needed to be replayed from the beginning. With two out in the bottom of the ninth, two strikes on him, and the umpires ready to end the game, Hartnett launched a shot into the gloom and haze which would be remembered as his "Homer in the Gloamin'". The Cubs were now in first place, culminating a tremendous 9-3- September run, and the pennant would be clinched three days later. Hartnett's bat and catcher's mask were the first artifacts sent to the newly constructed Baseball Hall of Fame in 938. In 98, Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book The 00 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time. In 999, he was named as a finalist to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. SKU: GB10473
Item: GB10473
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