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Buck Leonard and Homestead Grays at Polo Grounds 1945 Wire Photograph
Buck Leonard's proudly confident expression as he stands with Homestead Grays teammate Roy Welmaker and two New York Cubans officials before a May 26, 1945 game in the Polo Grounds is a marker of the Negro leagues' resolute conviction that they belonged on any big league field. It's a crime that Leonard, the greatest Negro league 1B, was kept out of such parks as a big leaguer, but his HOF berth is well deserved. Standing with he and Welmaker are New York Cuban officials L.J. Blanco Chataing and Bernardo Vizcaya. Rare sepia toned 8 x10 with Puerto Rican wire service stamp on back is EX with one fold mark just below the middle.
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