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World's Fair Vice President Willis Camp, at left , with Brooklyn truck driver Sal Durante, World's Fair President Joseph E. Gandy, and Seattle Rainier Tracy Stallard, Seattle World's Fair, July 9, 1962
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| Title | World's Fair Vice President Willis Camp, at left , with Brooklyn truck driver Sal Durante, World's Fair President Joseph E. Gandy, and Seattle Rainier Tracy Stallard, Seattle World's Fair, July 9, 1962 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1962 |
| Historical Notes | On October 1, 1961, 19-year old Sal Durante made national headlines when he caught Roger Maris' 61st home run ball during a contest between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. Durante was later flown out to Seattle for the 1962 World's Fair where he was offered $1,000 by fair officials if he could catch a baseball tossed off the Space Needle's 600-foot high observation deck. Fearing that such a stunt would actually be extremely dangerous, the ball was dropped from a Ferris Wheel on the fairgrounds instead. Durante dropped the ball, but was granted the $1,000 reward in any case after explaining that his wife would kill him if he returned home empty handed. Red Sox pitcher Tracy Stallard, the man responsible for the fateful pitch, graciously accompanied Durante to Seattle for the publicity stunt. Stallard played one more game for the Red Sox in 1962 before being transferred to the Seattle Rainiers for the duration of the season. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.)--People; Seattle Rainiers (Baseball team)--People; Boxton Red Sox (Baseball team)--People--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Camp, Willis; Durante, Sal; Gandy, Joseph E.; Stallard, Tracy; Pitchers (Baseball)--Washington (State)--Seattle; Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Seattle Photograph Collection
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| Order Number | SEA3231
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Joseph E. Gandy papers. Accession No. 1738-1. Box 6/5 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin; b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2011. |
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