10 in HIGH x 8.125 in WIDE (25.40 cm HIGH x 20.64 cm WIDE)
Oakland Tribune Collection, Oakland Museum of California, gift of ANG Newspapers
2007.1.61
"JIM EDELEN / OCT 6 1956" (stamped in purple ink on back); "#6679 / sports-3rd Sunday / 2 col" (handwritten on back in pencil); "Frank Robinson" (handwritten in red ink on back); "Velva Cobb / Oak Airport" (handwritten in red ink and crossed out in pencil on back); "TR 4C OCT 7 - 1956" (stamped in purple ink onto caption on back); "Tribune photo / ROBINSON ARRIVES HOME--Frank Robinson of Oakland, sensational rookie outfielder for Cincinnati during the past season, sits in a car with Velma Cobb, his fiancee, after arriving home yesterday afternoon." (caption affixed to back)
Black and white photograph of Cincinnati Reds' outfielder Frank Robinson and his fianc_e Velma Cobb sitting on top a convertible after arriving in Oakland. Robinson appears to be wearing a suit and tie. He sits on the left and is waving his left hand. Cobb sits to Robinson's right and has on glasses, a pearl necklace, a dark top and white skirt with a thick black belt. There is a man standing to back left.
White paint has been used to crop image of couple. Additional touch-ups have been made to highlight Cobb's dark shirt and provide shadows to Robinson's light jacket and Cobb's skirt.
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.
