Mickey Mantle on Cover of June 15, 1953 Time Magazine
Description
A color slide of the cover of the June 15, 1953, issue of Time Magazine featuring an illustrated portrait of Mickey Mantle. The illustration, by Boris Chaliapin, depicts Mantle from the shoulders up in a New York Yankee home uniform. The background of the portrait includes a left-handed hitter on one side of the picture and a right-handed hitter on the other side of the picture, both hitting a baseball. The two baseballs, depicted in flight, flank the portrait of Mantle at cap level. The caption reads "MICKEY MANTLE Born for the majors." The cover includes a supporting coverline written on a yellow banner running diagonally across the upper left corner which reads "CORONATION Four Pages in Color."
Player(s)
Mantle, Mickey, 1931-1995
Team(s)
New York - AL
League(s)
American League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Picture Date
1953–1953
Subject
Hall of famers; Outfielders (Baseball); Magazine covers; Baseball in art
Source
Unknown
Stadium
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Folder Name / Binder
Slides A-Z: Lop-Man
Photographer
Chaliapin, Boris, 1904-1979
Media Type
Slides (photographs)