Toni Stone Negro League Signed Article 2x Signed Autograph
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Original 1953 3 page magazine article about Toni Stone who was the first female Negro League ball player. Similar to Life magazine size of approx 10 x 13 displays very well. Miss Snow generously signed on two different pictures for me many years ago. She died in 1996. Any glare and discoloration is from my poor lighting. Please check out my other Negro League related items in separate auctions. Save on shipping when you win multiple auctions./I am a collector who focuses on Negro League and early integrators (African American, Cuban, Puerto Rican) baseball autographs. I have an extensive collection of 300+ items from men of this area. If you have any players of interest, please let me know and I likely have something from them. Always happy to chat about baseball too. Message me with any questionsMore on StoneToni Stone (July 17, 1921 - November 2, 1996), also known by her married name Marcenia Lyle Alberga, was the first of three women to play Negro league baseball.Toni Stone graduated from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She married Aurelious Alberga, a man forty years her elder and one of the many people who did not want her playing baseball. She had always been referred to as a "tomboy" growing up and consequently received the nickname "Toni" because it sounded like "tomboy". She enjoyed the name and eventually
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