Portrait of Orlando Cepeda, Inscribed to Curt Flood in 1985
THF98494 / Portrait of Orlando Cepeda, Inscribed to Curt Flood in 1985
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Artifact Overview
Future Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda inscribed this photograph to "a very special friend", Curt Flood. Cepeda and Flood had played on the St. Louis Cardinals' 1967 World Series championship team. A few years later, Flood refused to be traded and challenged baseball's Reserve Clause -- a team's right to restrict the movement of players and to control player salaries. His actions eventually led to today's free agency.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1958-1966
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.190.5.22
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Chromogenic processes
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 9.875 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on front:
3/10/85 / To / Curtis a very special / friend. My best / to you / Orlando Cepeda
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