A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
This amazing collection of original 1920 and '30s La Presse premium hockey star pictures offers amazing breakup possibilities. Included along with a large black binder housing a complete run of 71 original La Presse pages along with a 1946 Maurice Richard La Presse picture are three framed Montreal Canadiens team photo newspaper pages, featuring the 1930 Stanley Cup champions and the 1927-28 and 1938-39 editions of the Habs. Featured in the binder are fully intact original newspaper pages of the complete La Presse sets issued in five straight seasons from 1927-28 to 1931-32. Beginning with Morenz, Joliat, S. Mantha, Hainsworth, Gagne, Gardiner, Leduc, Larochelle, Gaudreault, Hart, Langlois, Vezina and Habs coach Hart and owners Cattarinich, Dandurand and Letourneau, The first season's run also includes Shore, L. Conacher, Porter and Patterson. 1928-29: Burke, Stewart, Siebert, Day, Benedict, Dutton, Ward, Phillips, F. Boucher, Brunet, G. Boucher, Mondou, Bun Cook and G. Mantha; 1929-30: Fraser, McCaffrey, Kilrea, Blair (2), Clancy, Roach, Bourgeault, Belanger, Hitchman, Primeau, Gainor, Thompson, Rivers, Smith and Walsh; 1930-31: Miller, Gagnon, Sommers, Gotselig, Gallagher, E. Roche, McVicar, Kerr, D. Roche, Hayes, Huggins, Horner, Jackson, C. Conacher, St. Germain and Goodfellow; 1931-32: Himes, Couture, Owen, Gardiner, Cook, Finnigan, Cockburn and Alexandre. A La Presse team picture of the 1930 Stanley Cup champion Canadiens has been beautifully mounted in a black wood frame measuring approximately 26" x 29" and presented in a red, white and blue matte. A 1938 La Presse color picture featuring the 1937-38 Habs and a vintage Montreal Standard picture of the 1927-28 Canadiens are also diplayed matted in black wood frames.
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