7.875 in HIGH x 11 in WIDE (20.00 cm HIGH x 27.94 cm WIDE)
Oakland Tribune Collection, Oakland Museum of California, gift of ANG Newspapers
2007.1.54
"SAT APR 30 1988" stamped in black ink on caption affixed to back that reads, "The Associated Press / Orioles manager Frank Robinson is finally happy to see the media after his team ends 21-game losing streak."; "SUN JUL 3 1988" stamped in black ink on caption affixed to back that reads, "The Associated Press / Frank Robinson has mellowed since taking over as manager of the last-place Orioles."; "SUB Orioles / 7 1/4 x / SAT" (handwritten in blue ink on back and scribbled out with blue ink and pencil); "Frank / 7 1/2 x 7 / SUN Spt / 7 3/8 x 7" (handwritten on back in blue ink and pencil)
Proof print that includes a photograph of Baltimore Orioles' manager Frank Robinson speaking into seven microphones that are being held before him. Bottom of photo is just of microphones with Robinson's head just above them. Robinson is wearing glasses and a Baltimore Orioles baseball cap with a white front with the image of the oriole (bird) logo.
Text to left of image reads, "(CX4) CHICAGO, APRIL 30--"GLAD WE WON"--Baltimore Orioles' manager Frank Robinson, mobbed by reporters on the dugout steps Friday night in Chicago comments "I'm just glad we won and can go back to playing baseball. This team is much better than we played." Baltimore beat Chicago 9-0 for their first win of the season. (AP LaserPhoto)c(hrb70001stf/Fred Jewell)1988 Slug: Orioles-White Sox."
There are pencil cropping registration marks in top and right margin of photo.
Frank RobinsonFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Robinson (5/30/2007) Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas), is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player. He was an outfielder, most notably with the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. During a 21-season career, he became the first player to win League MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues, won the Triple crown, was a member of two teams that won the World Series (the 1966 and 1970 Baltimore Orioles), and amassed the fourth-most career home runs at the time of his retirement (he is currently sixth).During the last two years of his playing career, he served as the first permanent African-American manager in Major League history, managing the Cleveland Indians to a 186-189 record. He went on to manage the San Francisco Giants, the Baltimore Orioles, the Montreal Expos and the Washington Nationals.
