Photograph Autographed by Mickey Mantle, 1970

by Jan Merck
(Minneapolis, MN)

I was living in Austin, TX in the year 1970. Mickey Mantle had began a chain of restaurants. One of those restaurants was having a grand opening in Austin, Texas, January 14, 1970.

I went to the restaurant, sat across from Mickey Mantle, shaking his hand and he had photographs of himself in his Yankee uniform. He signed one for me which says, "To Jan Best Wishes Mickey Mantle" and I also took a photograph of him signing autographs that day.