Ty Cobb Returns to Boyhood Home
Description
A slide of a black-and-white photograph of Ty Cobb standing with his right leg and both hands resting on a fence in front of him. Cobb is wearing a light-colored suit with a dark undershirt. There are trees in the background. The caption underneath the photograph reads, “ROYSTON, Ga., June 6- TY COBB RETURNS TO CHILDHOOD HOME- Ty Cobb of baseball’s Hall of Fame gazes at scenes familiar in his boyhood upon his return to his home town—to stay— after his absence of more than 50 years. Cobb said he plans to sell his home in California and build a new house here. “Everything’s too much of a rush” in California, he remarked. “Here in Royston I can take things easy. A man likes to come back home.” Information on the original slide reads “1957”
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June 6, 1957