Al Woolpert

Artist Mike Mandel (American, born 1950)

Date1975

MediumPhotolithograph

DimensionsImage: 3 1/8 × 2 3/16 inches (7.94 × 5.56 cm)
Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches (8.89 × 6.35 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.67.38.77

SignedCopyright printed on card verso, bottom, in black: "Gum by Topps Chewing Gum, Brooklyn / Litho by Mike Roberts, Berkeley / © Mike Mandel"

InscribedName printed on sheet recto, bottom, in white: "Al WOOLPERT" Statistics and quote by respective artist printed on card verso, in black: "Height: Avg. / Weight: Avg. / Born: Indio, Ca. / Home: Santa Cruz, Ca. / Throws: R / Bats: 500 FP: No Hits / FC: RBI-200 FF: No Errors / FD: No Runs / FPh: No one left on / Al Woolpert / When coming to bat I could always / hear my father yelling to me from / the bleachers, “Ducks on the pond, / Shoot ‘em!” / I have yet to fully understand the / significance of that slogan to my life."

MarkingsNumber printed inside baseball image, on card verso, upper right, in black: "77"

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DescriptionIndividual "trading card" with portrait of Al Woolpert blowing bubble while holding baseball and bat.

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