Born in Martinez, CA in 1914, Giuseppe Joseph DiMaggio broke into professional baseball in 1932 at the tender age of 17. His first full season came in 1933 with the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League where the 6' 2" center fielder found immediate success, setting a PCL record with base hits in 61-consecutive games and handily eclipsing the previous record of 49 achieved by Jack Ness in 1915. This phenomenal Type I photograph depicts the young DiMaggio swinging a bat at on a sunny day at Seals stadium in 1933, three years before his New York Yankees debut and over a decade before the 56-game hitting streak that would come to define the future Hall of Famer's Major League career. This 6.5" x 8.5" photo presents DiMaggio in a horizontal format, shot with a shallow depth of field intentionally designed to blur the background details and bring DiMaggio into sharp focus in the foreground. Impressively clean and bright photograph remains in superlative overall condition and includes full paper caption dated to 07/13/1933, detailing DiMaggio's PCL hit streak as he was on the verge of breaking the previous record. Interestingly, the paper caption refers to DiMaggio as both "De Maggio" and "De Mattio," a testament to the fact that the future Yankee Clipper had not yet cemented himself as the superstar he would soon become. To the best of our knowledge only a single additional example of this photo exists within the hobby, last sold in 2007. Authenticated and encapsulated as a Type I photo by PSA/DNA. Also includes LOA from PSA/DNA confirming the image was taken during DiMaggio's first season as a professional ballplayer. A fresh to the hobby example from the Durham Find of Historic Baseball Photography.