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Miss Memphis Red Sox of 1954 with Manager "Goose" Curry (left) and Lyman Bostock Sr. of the Birmingham Black Barons, Martin's Stadium, Memphis
Miss Memphis Red Sox of 1954 with Manager "Goose" Curry (left) and Lyman Bostock Sr. of the Birmingham Black Barons, Martin's Stadium, Memphis
Miss Memphis Red Sox of 1954 with Manager "Goose" Curry (left) and Lyman Bostock Sr. of the Birmingham Black Barons, Martin's Stadium, Memphis
© Withers Family Trust

Miss Memphis Red Sox of 1954 with Manager "Goose" Curry (left) and Lyman Bostock Sr. of the Birmingham Black Barons, Martin's Stadium, Memphis

Artist (American, 1922 - 2007)
Date1954
MediumGelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999
DimensionsComposition: 15 x 17 7/8 in. (38.1 x 45.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 x 19 7/8 in. (40.6 x 50.5 cm)
Mat: 24 x 28 in. (61 x 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMemphis Brooks Museum of Art purchase with funds provided by Ernest and Dorothy Withers, Panopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, MA, Landon and Carol Butler, The Deupree Family Foundation, and The Turley Foundation
Object number2005.3.102
ProvenancePanopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 2005
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