HOF MEMBER AND NEGRO LEAGUE LEGEND EFFA MANLEY NEWS SERVICE PHOTO.
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Original glossy 8x10" photo is c. 1938. Wonderful image of Effa in a dress and wearing a Newark Eagles ball cap while being instructed on how to hold a bat by one of her players. Reverse has publication notations. Lt. handling wear w/tiny tear on lower right margin. Image remains glossy, bold and sharp. Fine. This is one of few known career contemporary photos of Effa who was a female sports executive and the first woman inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. She co-owned the Newark Eagles baseball franchise in the Negro League with her husband Abe from 1935-1946 and was sole owner through 1948 after his death.
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