How History Unfolds on Paper: Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part IX

[BASEBALL]. [PAIGE, Leroy Robert “Satchel” (1906-1982)]. A window card for “The Fabulous Story of…” in Collier’s magazine. [Springfield:] Collier’s, [1953]. Broadside on heavy card stock, folio (406 x 279 mm). Printed in blue and orange, illustration of “Baseball’s Miracle Man”, contemporary accounting notations in ink on verso. Paige became one of the biggest stars in the Negro Leagues, renowned as a pitcher for his powerful fastball and a wide variety of off-speed pitches. He later made his MLB debut in 1948 at the age of 42, becoming the oldest rookie in Major League history when he signed with the Cleveland Indians. In 1971, Paige became the first electee of the Negro League Committee to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.