Lot # 216: 1915 Walter Johnson Birthplace Postcard - Signed by Hazel Johnson - From WaJo Estate!

Category: Baseball Postcards

Starting Bid: $250.00

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Item was in Auction "Fall, 2016 Premier Auction",
which ran from 11/3/2016 9:18 PM to
11/20/2016 10:56 AM



Exceptional 1915 postcard depicting the birthplace and childhood home of Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson. The postcard comes from the estate of Walter Johnson; the writing on the reverse is that of Hazel Lee Roberts Johnson's wife. Johnson met Hazel in the summer of 1913 married her a year later and they remained together until her passing in 1930. This postcard was mailed in November of 1915 signed "lots of love from Hazel L Johnson" (with "Johnson abbreviated). The postcard front is in exceptional condition the reverse exhibiting paper loss and remnants from scrapbook storage. A rare exceptional memento of the Johnson estate inscribed and signed by the wife of Walter Johnson.

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