Image / Baseball pitcher Satchel Paige after a pitch, Los Angeles, circa 1933

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Title: Baseball pitcher Satchel Paige after a pitch, Los Angeles, circa 1933
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1933]
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Leroy "Satchel" Paige, was a sucessful player in the Negro Leagues from 1926-1947 before he signed with the Cleveland Indians as the second African American player in the majors.
Baseball pitcher Satchel Paige after a pitch. The location may be Thomas Jefferson High School. A sign on the fence in the background reads: "New, Clean Grade-Marked Lumber, $1800 per 1000 ft., Owens-parks Lumber Co., 2100 E. 38th St., 5 blocks East" which is a Los Angeles address.
Text from negative sleeve: Paige, Satchel. baseball. Nitrate
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_0028
ark:/21198/zz002d970g
Language: English
Subject: People
Baseball players--California--Los Angeles
Sports
Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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