Baseball pitcher Satchel Page after a pitch, Los Angeles, circa 1933

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Text from negative sleeve: Paige, Satchel. baseball. Nitrate, Baseball pitcher Satchel Page after a pitch. The location may be Thomas Jefferson High School. A sign on the fence in the background reads: "New, Clean Grade-Marked Lumber, $1800 per 1000 ft., Owens-parks Lumber Co., 2100 E. 38th St., 5 blocks East" which is a Los Angeles address., Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Leroy "Satchel" Paige, was a sucessful player in the Negro Leagues from 1926-1947 before he signed with the Cleveland Indians as the second African American player in the majors.