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Satchel Paige spent the 1948 & 1949 baseball seasons pitching for the Cleveland Indians.  When Bill Veeck sold the team in 1949, none of the MLB owners would sign Paige; so what did he do? He started his own barnstorming tour and brought along several Negro League players to join him. In 1950, one of his stops was in Montreal, Canada. On August 21, 1950 he pitched against two Negro League teams.

Offered is this original 8” x 10” TYPE I photograph taken by the Montreal Royals (Brooklyn Dodgers farm club) official photographer, Dwight Dolan.  This photo was used in an issue of the Sporting News (see clipping – for photo matching purposes only).  It appears that Negro League legend, Wilmer Harris is walking behind Paige in the background.

Derives from the Sporting News Archives.

Encapsulated as a TYPE I original photograph by PSA/DNA

NOTE - clipping not included