Bill Edwards

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 number2015.67.38.100

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: "Bill EDWARDS" Statistics and quote by respective artist printed on card verso, in black: "Height: 5’ 10 and 7/8” / Weight: 165 / Born: Huguenot, NY/ Home: Rochester, NY/ Throws: Depends / Bats: Right FP: Polycram / FC: One loaded FF: Super Pan XXXX / FD: E-73 / FPh: Torkel Korling / Bill Edwards / I enjoy baseball games very much. / I like to watch all the games on TV, / but many times I have more important / things to do like thumbing through / the Photo Lab Index for instance, or / who knows – maybe the cat box needs / cleaning – its always something!!"

MarkingsNumber printed inside baseball image, on card verso, upper right, in black: "100"

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DescriptionIndividual "trading card" with portrait of Bill Edwards standing in front of chain link fence while holding baseball below glove.

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