This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 6/19/2014.
9” x 7” black and white photo of Lou Gehrig with his New York Yankees teammates. The back of the photo reads “GEHRIG TALKS WITH MATES AGAIN - LOU GEHRIG, JOE GORDON, LEFTY GOMEZ, AND BILL DICKEY...JUNE 21, BEFORE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS TOOK THE FIELD AGAINST THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX AT THE YANKEE STADIUM...EARLIER IN THE DAY, ED BARROW, PRESIDENT OF THE YANKEES, ANNOUNCED THAT THE IRONMAN FIRST BASEMAN, GEHRIG, WAS SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC POLIOMELITIS (INFANTILE PARALYSIS) AND THAT HE MUST SUBMIT IMMEDIATELY TO A SERIES OF TREATMENTS IN ATTEMPT TO CURE THE DISEASE”.