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Title
Baseball pitcher Satchel Paige in a baseball field ready to pitch, Los Angeles, circa 1933
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1933]
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.
Famed baseball pitcher Satchel Paige with his arms raised about to pitch. 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. The location may be Thomas Jefferson High School at Hopner and 41st St.
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.
This photograph (cropped) appears in the Los Angeles Times article: "He's Just a Big Man From the South; It's 'Satchel Paige Day' at White Sox Ball Park Today," 11/12/1933. According to article, Satchel Paige was playing with the Royal Giants during the winter of 1933.
Text from negative sleeve: Paige, Satchel. baseball. Nitrate
Handwritten on negative: Satchel Paige
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0029
ark:/21198/zz002d9710
Language
English
Subject
Baseball players--California--Los Angeles
People
Sports
Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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