LEE GRISSOM Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1937-38 Cincinnati Reds George Burke

DATE: 1937-38

ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period

TEAM: Cincinnati Reds

SUBJECT: Lee Grissom

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 Lee Grissom, pictured in his Cincinnati Reds uniform circa 1937-38. The original photo was taken by George Burke in 1937-38, 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: Lee Theo Grissom was born in 907 in Sherman, TX and died in 998 in Corning, CA. He played major league baseball from 934 to 94 as pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies, appeared in the 939 World Series, and was selected in 937 as an All-Star. He originally played baseball in the local Farm Bureau League when a local scout spotted him and signed him to a professional contract. He pitched for the Mission Reds in the Pacific Coast League in 933, where he was then discovered by Charles E. Chapman, a college scouter for the Reds, and was signed before the 934 season to a contract by Cincinnati general manager Larry MacPhail to play for the Reds. After playing his last game on September 24, 94, Grissom joined the military on June 6, 942, and was originally assigned to the infantry and later to the United States Army Air Forces. He pitched for a base team under Burgess Whitehead and played for a semi-pro team in Colorado before being discharged in September 945. He went on to work at his family's farm and pitch for local teams. In 952 he was tried and acquitted of manslaughter for the death of a man during a barfight in which he participated.

SKU: GB10959

Item: GB10959

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LEE GRISSOM Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1937-38 Cincinnati Reds George BurkeLEE GRISSOM Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1937-38 Cincinnati Reds George BurkeLEE GRISSOM Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1937-38 Cincinnati Reds George Burke
LEE GRISSOM Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1937-38 Cincinnati Reds George Burke
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