1947 Bill Veeck with Chief Wahoo Artist - Walter Goldbach Making History Original TYPE I Photo PSA/DNA

In 1947, Indians owner Bill Veeck tapped a 17-year-old draftsman named Walter Goldbach to create Chief Wahoo, a grinning caricature that quickly defined Cleveland baseball. The image, echoing a 1930s cartoon, soon drew fire. By 1951, Wahoo's red-faced redesign became iconic and infamous. For decades, protests swelled, framing the logo as racial stereotyping. The breaking point came when MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred pressured the team to act. In 2018, Wahoo was pulled from uniforms. Three years later, Cleveland shed its Native imagery entirely, rebranding as the Guardians and ending one of the most polarizing symbols in sports.Offered is an original 8" x 10" TYPE I photo of Veeck looking over the original renderings of Chief Wahoo in March of 1947 (we pinpointed this to 1947 as this was the original rendering and there is a wall calendar in the background where March 2ndfell on a Sunday). Pictured with the Veeck is the artist himself, 17 year old, Walter Goldbach (in the only photograph we've ever seen of him as a young man).Taken by photographer, Chet Wozney of International News Photos (stampings on the back).HISTORIC photo that changed the history of Major League Baseball and it's social landscape.Encapsulated as a TYPE I Photo by PSA/DNA