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Lot # 1305: Circa 1910 Hughie Jennings Cigar Box Label & Photograph Display

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Circa 1910, a cigar box label and photograph display featuring Hall of Fame baseball player and manager Hughie Jennings. The display features an 8x10" photograph of Jennings wearing a suit and tie. The below display features an image of Jennings, then the manager of the Detroit Tigers, cheering his team on. The lettering on the label reads, "HEY-YEA" - "GET-A-LEAD" - BY PERMISSION HUGHIE JENNINGS - 5c CIGAR 5c. Jennings was a star infielder for several teams and became the manager and a part-time player for the Tigers in 1907. He would be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945.

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