This oversized image with large lettering on the back banner was used for display at a newsstand. The back references the news that Speaker had been sold by the Boston Red Sox to the Cleveland Naps in early 1916. The image is by the American Press Association. Note the matching lantern slide, with the same caption, in the images below.
Tris Speaker, c. 1915
Tris Speaker, Boston Red Sox
Photographer/AgencyAmerican Press AssociationImage Datec. 1915Print DateOriginal print c. 1915Notes/Stampings on ReverseOversized typed captionLocationUndeterminedDimensions14 x 17 in., image 11 x 13 in.MediumPhotograph - gelatin silver printProvenanceUnknownStatusRetained in The Chapman Deadball CollectionShare