Red Sox 1959 STC Program - Flip thru Dad's Autograph Book Backwards 1959-1955

ABOUT : This 1959 Boston Red Sox Spring Training Program from Scottsdale Arizona : the Teams 1st time training there. NOTE : I recently discovered the "Fenway Living History Museum" their website has this Program online and shows all the pages. Even their copy is damaged worse than my Dad's.

DETAILS : The Cover of this Program is not like most Programs, which are usually a thicker stock of paper and Glossy, as are the inner pages. This Spring Training Program has more of a newspaper feel to it and is Matte, not Glossy, with the Cover only slightly thicker than the inner pages and easy to Tear & Crease. They use only 2 Colors on the inside as high-lights, Red & Blue.

THE ARTIST : Once again another Great Cover by Artist Walt Ditzen. Dad has a few of his Baseball & Football Programs. Walt's Baseball tended to be Cartoons where his College Football Programs are actual Beautiful Art. Dad has a 5 NAVY Programs done by Walt Ditzen that you can see in my NAVY Shows. 

ABOUT : Dad's Autograph Book :
I never flipped thru Dad's Autograph Book for you Guys n Gals let alone do a slow page turn. Maybe someday ..... I haven't counted how many pages are in the Book, but a few years ago counted up the Autographs and wrote it down, it was around 300 something. Some signed more than once over the years. The Autographs start in January 1955 with NCAA Basketball players then the Globetrotters, then to Baseball and repeats until 1959 Red Sox Spring Training Camp in Scottsdale, their First, Dad's 4th. He once said by the time he was a Freshman he felt Goofy asking for Autographs and moved on to Racing Cars at the Strip or on the Street. Pop lived in a Great Era. I liked mine just fine. Growing up in the 60's & 70's was really fun.