Lot # 123: 1908-09 Alta Weiss "Miss Weiss" in Batting Stance Printed Photo

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Item was in Auction "Fall, 2024 Premier Auction",
which ran from 11/12/2024 12:00 PM to
11/30/2024 9:00 PM



Printed souvenir photo with very wide borders featuring "Miss Weiss" at the bat.  The subject is Alta Weiss, Ohio's "Girl Wonder" who began playing semi-pro ball as a seventeen year old in 1907. The following year found her as the star attraction of the Weiss All Stars, a team that toured Ohio River Valley in 1908-09 and otherwise featured a roster comprised of men. She became a doctor in 1914, graduating from what is now the Ohio State University Medical College and eventually took over her father's practice in Ragersville, where she encouraged a young woman named Lois Youngen to take up the game. Youngen ended up playing for the Fort Wayne Daisies of the All-American Girls Baseball League. The photo is creased in a variety of spots and a relatively small water stain can be seen in the background. Never mounted, this is an exceptional keepsake that has come down to us through the years.

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