Displayed is a 1948 picture pack from the World Champion Cleveland Indians, including eight (8) Hall of Famers. The team was owned by Hall of Fame executive Bill Veeck. The squad was assembled by the Indians' general manager, Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg. The team was led on the field by player-manager Lou Boudreau, also a Hall of Famer. The '48 Indians won the AL pennant with a record of 97-58-1, and Cleveland defeated the Boston Braves by 4-2 in games in the World Series. Boudreau batted .355 with 18 home runs and 106 RBIs. Hall of Famer Larry Doby, who became the first African American player in the AL in 1947, batted .301 in '48. The pitching staff featured Hall of Famer Bob Lemon (20-14), Gene Beardon (20-7), and Hall of Famer Bob Feller (19-15). The offering includes twenty-nine (29) photos. In addition to picture pack photos of Hall of Famers Veeck, Greenberg, Boudreau, Doby, Lemon, and Feller, the 5x7" black & white photos include a group photo of the team's coaching staff, including Hall of Fame manager Bill McKechnie, a photo of Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Gene Beardon, Mickey Vernon, Ken Keltner, Hall of Famer Early Wynn, Dale Mitchell, Hall of Famer Joe Gordon, Al Rosen, Bob Kennedy, Jim Hegan, Ray Boone (patriarch of the famous Boone baseball family: son Bob Boone, and grandsons Aaron Boone, New York Yankees manager, and Bret Boone).

The photos have facsimile autographs. The photos come in a 7x9.5" envelope that reads, "Cleveland Indians OFFICIAL AUTOGRAPHED PICTURES/50 [cents]." The photo envelope has a number of tears and slight paper loss, and "25" is written in pencil by an unknown hand on the front of the envelope. The photos exhibit a slight darkening, but the Al Rosen photo has darkened more than the other pictures. There is no photo of Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige, because Paige, the first African American pitcher to appear in a World Series for an American League team, did not join Cleveland until mid-season, after the photos were shot and the picture packs assembled. Except for the aforementioned slight darkening (more darkening for the Rosen photo), the picture pack photos are in EXCELLENT condition.