Name/Title
Photo and articles about Fred Filippelli, baseball player, c. 1950-1958Entry/Object ID
2000.71.1Description
Acc. No. 00.71.1 (A-D)
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda - Fred Filippelli
Date or Period: C.1950–1958
Object: Photograph w/Related Material
Description: Glossy black/white photo, unmounted; photographer unknown. Also, an Alameda Times-Star newspaper clippings plus and a handwritten letter within a letter-sized envelope.
Sizes: #A (photo): L-4 x W-6 in.; #B (clipping): L-5 1/2 x W-6 in. (mounted on white typewriter paper); #C (clipping): L-19 x W-5 3/4 in.; #D (envelope containing a one-sheet handwritten letter): L-4 x W–7 1/4 in. (both stationery pieces have imprinted upon them in dk. green ink "Hotel Barbara Worth, El Centro, California).
History of Object: Photograph and newspaper articles dealing with Fred Filippelli, an outstanding AHS baseball player, who eventually played with farm teams. A handwritten note from him to the Alameda Times-Star sports editor Jack Clark, dated Sept. 10, 1958, relates his playing progress to date.
Acquired from: Alameda Times-Star
Date: 2/12/00
