SAL GLIATTO 1937 St. Paul Saints Original 8x10 GEORGE BURKE / NORM PAULSON Photo

SUBJECT: Sal Gliatto

COMMENTS / CONDITION: Offered is an approximately 8"x10" vintage original photo of Sal Gliatto, pictured in his St. Paul Saints uniform circa 1937. The photo was produced by famed baseball photographer George Burke and bears an unusual stamping on the verso. Typically, on photos that were taken by other photographers and then reproduced by George Burke, his stamping would read "Reproduced by George Burke" with his usual 847 Belmont Ave. address below. In this instance, not only does Burke credit the original photographer Norman Paulson (a contemporary of Burke's, which is another unusual aspect as Burke would normally only reproduce the work of earlier photographers to fill gaps in his player photo catalog), but by all appearances also had a stamp made up specifically for this circumstance. This is one of only a handful of handful of instances (all of which I purchased) that I have seen of this particular stamping, though the fact that a stamp was made would imply that more Burke/Paulson reproductions were made. Along with the stamping, the usual typed player's name and filing number used by Burke to keep track of the thousands of baseball player images he captured appear on the verso as well. This photo also bears the stamping of The Sporting News along with an affixed sticker identifying this photo as proceding from the archives of that long-running publication. Original 8''x10'' prints of George Burke's photos are harder to come by than his standard postcard-size prints, with minor league images such as this being particularly rare. This is an original photograph that was developed by Burke in the late 1930's, not a modern-day reprint. See scans for further details including condition.

BIO: Salvador Michael Gliatto was born in 1902 in Chicago, IL and died in 1995 in Tyler, TX. He played major league baseball for a single season in 10 games in 1930 as pitcher for the Cleveland Indians.

SKU: L09411

Item: L09411