1940 LOUISVILLE COLONELS DETROIT TIGERS DUDLEY Lou65

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OWN A PIECE OF BASEBALL HISTORY! YOU ARE BIDDING ONAN ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTIC HAND-SIGNED LETTER.IN THE DAYS BEFORE EMAIL AND ELECTRONIC FILING,THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OF BASEBALLWAS CARRIED OUT VIA THE U.S. MAIL. THIS LETTER IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. I HAVE MADE THE ABOVE SCAN AS LARGE AND CLEAR AS I CAN. WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET! DESCRIPTION DATED : September 9, 1940 FROM : Louisville Baseball Club TO : Walter O. Briggs, owner of the Detroit Tigers PERSONALLY HAND-SIGNED BY : Bruce Dudley, General Manager of the Louisville Colonels SUBJECT : spring exhibition games with the Tigers NUMBER OF PAGES : 1 CONDITION : very nice! This is a typed letter that is HAND-SIGNED in black ink by the sender; folded for mailing; nice straight edges and sharp corners; staple holes at top show some rust stains and are a bit raggedly torn; crease just below letterhead; no tears or breaks; officially stamped 'received' in the Detroit Tigers front office; humorous content (no fooling!) MEASUREMENT : Standard 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches letter size PAPER TYPE : Official Louisville Baseball Club letterhead PAPER QUALITY : good quality Chieftain Bond paper BACKGROUND INFO: In 1940 the LOUISVILLE COLONELS were a Class-AA minor league affiliate of the BOSTON RED SOX. BRUCE DUDLEY was the General Manager (and later president) of the Colonels f read more

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