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by David Lee Guss
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Our greeting cards are 5" x 7" in size and are produced on digital offset printers using 100 lb. paper stock. Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface which produces a semi-gloss finish. The inside of each card has a matte white finish and can be customized with your own message up to 500 characters in length. Each card comes with a white envelope for mailing or gift giving.
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A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever... more
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"A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived." - Ted Williams, 1918-2002
"A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues." - Joe DiMaggio, 1914-1999
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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David Lee Guss
It never could be said that Ted suffered from false humility. The historical consensus backs up his statement. I met and photographed Ted when he visited Aberdeen, South Dakota, in the mid 1960's, making the rounds as a paid spokesman for J.C. Penney. I remember how ill at ease he was at a press conference. As was DiMaggio when he was dragged before the mob of photographers and reporters when married to Marilyn Monroe. When she died under mysterious circumstances 'Jolting Joe' made all the funeral arrangements although long divorced from MM. Joe ended up signing autographs and pitching Mr. Coffee machines. He was spared the indignity of being a greeter at a Las Vegas casino, as was Joe Lewis. "The Brown Bomber" had the bad habit of betting on his golf games in which he invariably lost.