Card, Baseball
Object number2011.107.3
Manufacturer
The Topps Company, Inc.
Date1960
OriginUnited States of America
MediumPaper, cardboard
Credit LineGift of Emilia Boehm
DescriptionPittsburgh Pirates Roy Face baseball card, rectangular. Front of card includes black and white photograph of Roy Face bent down in the action of having just pitched a baseball from his proper right hand. Photograph is on the left side on a pink background. The right side includes a color photograph of Roy Face wearing a white Pittsburgh Pirates jersey and black Pittsburgh Pirates hat. He is staring toward his proper upper left. Bottom left of card includes a color illustration of a pirate's head.Dimensions3.5 x 2.5 in. (8.9 x 6.4 cm)InscriptionsFront of card has text along the bottom: "ROY FACE [in alternating red and black letters] / PITTSBURGH PIRATES PITCHER [in black text]".
Back of card:
Upper left corner has "20" in white lettering.
Top center includes the text: "ROY FACE" written in white lettering.
Also included is player details in black lettering and the player's "MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHING RECORD" in a black chart.
Bottom left includes a section entitled: "SEASON'S HIGHLIGHTS" with black lettering.
Bottom right includes an illustration that includes the text: "BULL / PEN" in black lettering. Center of illustration includes the text: "LONG / WALK/ IN / !" written in black lettering. Beneath the illustration is the caption: "IN 1957 ROY HURLED / IN NINE/ STRAIGHT GAMES" written in black text.
MarksOn back of card along right border "© T.C.G. PRTD. IN U.S.A." in black text.
Related person
Elroy Leon Face
Related institution
Pittsburgh Pirates
(founded 1887)
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