Paige Pinnell

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 number2015.67.38.68

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: "Paige PINNELL" Statistics and quote by respective artist printed on card verso, in black: "Height: 6’ 0 ½” / Weight: / Born: Macon, Georgia / Home: Santa Fe, N.M. / Throws: Right / Bats: Right FP: L.V. Daily Optic / FC: Kodak Stereo FF: Gone W/the Wind / FD: Wild Turkey / FPh: Babe Ruth / Paige Pinnell / Photography and Baseball are two of / my most favorite American sports. / I remember that one of the first / times that I used a camera was to / photography my tiny-mite baseball / team with my new Kodak Brownie. / During the game, our catcher, going / back for a foul ball, stepped on my / Brownie and cleated it to pieces. / He missed the catch, but my film / was O.K.!"

MarkingsNumber printed inside baseball image, on card verso, upper right, in black: "68"

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DescriptionIndividual "trading card" with portrait of Paige Pinnell throwing baseball and wearing ball cap and glove.

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