Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Jim Thorpe, fabulous all-American athlete, was on hand at Union Station to greet Ty Cobb (right), when the all-time baseball great arrived here to officiate in the Kiwanis charity baseball game at Gilmore Field. Photo dated March 9, 1951.
Thorpe, Jim,--1887-1953 Cobb, Ty,--1886-1961 Union Passenger Terminal (Los Angeles, Calif.) Athletes--United States Baseball--California--Los Angeles Baseball players--United States Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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