BIB_ID
454217
Accession number
MA 5040 PH 90
Creator
Regan, Ken, photographer.
Credit line
Paris Review.
Description
1 contact sheet
Notes
In 1971 George Plimpton spent time with the Baltimore Colts football team, practicing with them and playing in an exhibition game against the Detroit Lions. Plimpton later wrote about this period in his book "Mad Ducks and Bears" (1973).
Part of Series 3 of The Paris Review Archives, which consists of photographs that were removed from the Series 1 (Editorial Correspondence) and Series 2 (Interviews) files, replaced with preservation photocopies, and placed in this series. Each folder contains a sheet describing where the items were removed from.
Part of Series 3 of The Paris Review Archives, which consists of photographs that were removed from the Series 1 (Editorial Correspondence) and Series 2 (Interviews) files, replaced with preservation photocopies, and placed in this series. Each folder contains a sheet describing where the items were removed from.
21.5 x 27.2 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Stamp on verso reads: Camera 5 / 27 West 27th Street / New York, N.Y. 10001 / Telephone / 683 2534 / Please give photographer credit / Ken Regan / Photograph on loan for one time / reproduction rights in U.S. and / Canada. Original must be returned. Inscribed in pencil on verso: ABC Westminster. Inscribed in dark blue china marker on verso: 721M / 13.
Provenance
Paris Review.
Summary
Contact sheet featuring 35 images taken during writer and editor George Plimpton's (1927-2003) time practicing with the Baltimore Colts.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
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