Willie Mays signs baseball game at The Emporium

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Film Date
6/19/59
Film Reference Number
KPIX 5798
Description
KPIX-TV news footage from June 19, 1959 featuring silent views of San Francisco Giants star center fielder Willie Mays signing his new "Say Hey" baseball game, baseballs and photos for fans at the The Emporium's main dome aisle on Market Street in downtown San Francisco. According to an advert on p.3 of the San Francisco Chronicle from that day, these "Say Hey" baseball games were selling for $1.98 and Mays was also set to draw a winner for the "Big E's box at Seals Stadium" for August. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

This 16mm b&w slent film print was re-transferred in 4K (4096x2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in August 2023.
Format
16mm newsfilm