Title

Paul Cobb, baseball player for the Jacksonville Tarpons

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Description

Black-and-white photograph of baseball player John Paul Cobb. He is standing in front of a wooden fence in his baseball uniform, and is leaning to his right on a baseball bat. The letter J can be seen on his hat, the initial for the Jacksonville Tarpons baseball team. Paul Cobb played baseball for Sanford in 1916, and managed the team for part of the year. Paul Cobb is the brother of baseball player Ty Cobb. On the back of the photograph is written, "Paul Cobb, brother of Ty Cobb, played with Sanford 1916."

Date

ca. 1916

Subjects

Minor league baseball -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Photographs; Men -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Photographs

Subject-Personal Names

Cobb, John Paul (1888-1964)

Coverage-Spatial

Jacksonville (Fla.)

Number of Images

2 images

Side of Image

Back of Postcard

Repository

Sanford Museum

Identifier

DP0010678

Size of Original Image

25 cm. x 20 cm.

Rights Statement

All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. To purchase copies of images and/or for copyright information contact the respective holding institution.

Digital Publisher

Electronically reproduced by the Digital Services unit of the University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, 2011.

Funding source

RICHES 2011

Digital Reproduction Specifications

Jpeg2000 images were derived from 400 dpi tiffs scanned on an Avision FB 6080E Book-edge Scanner.

Date Digitized

2011-04

Recommended Citation

"Paul Cobb, baseball player for the Jacksonville Tarpons" (1916). Images of Central Florida. 2452.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-images/2452