Clint Courtney, Catcher, Baltimore Orioles, from Name on Bat series, series 9 (R406-9) issued by Bowman Gum, 1953
American,
Commerical color lithograph; Sheet: 3 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (9.5 × 6.4 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick (Burdick 327, R406-9.20)
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1954 Bowman card of Clint Courtney with the Baltimore Orioles
Bowman Gum Company
Clint Courtney, Catcher, Baltimore Orioles, from Name on Bat series, series 9 (R406-9) issued by Bowman Gum, 1953
American,
Commerical color lithograph; Sheet: 3 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (9.5 × 6.4 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick (Burdick 327, R406-9.20)
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