Category: LOAN
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Date: 1956-03-08
Medium: gelatin silver print with retouching and editing marks
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: NYT.2016.0003.0021

Inscriptions:
Recto, handwritten [crop marks]; handwritten: 663; Verso, stamped: 56 MAR 8 PM7 32; stamped: 1956 MAR 8 19[obscured]; stamped: 56 MAR 8 PM7 23; stamped: PUBLISHED IN N. Y. T. / DAILY MAR -9 1956; printed: [newsprint adhered with tape]: Great pretender: GirL, 9, Hockey Ace / Associated Press Wirephoto / Abigail Hoffman [circled] at defence for Toronto boys' team; stamped: [obscured] DAILY / 3 11/16 x 5 / [WANT]ED; printed: [newsprint adhered with tape]: (NY22-MARCH 8) -BOYS WILL BE BOYS--SOMETIMES--ABI HOFFMAN, THE ROUGHEST, TOUGHEST DEFENSEMAN IN TORONTO'S LITTLE HOCKEY LEAGUE FOR BOYS UNDER 10 YEARS OF AGE, STARRED ALL SEASON FOR THE ST. CATHERINE TEE PEES AND WAS PICKED FOR THE LEAGUE'S ALL-STAR GAME. JUST TO BE SURE OF ELIGIBILITY, OFFICIALS CHECKED THE PLAYERS' BIRTH CERTIFICATES. THAT STARTED TROUBLE--ABI PROVED TO BE A NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHOSE PROPER NAME IS ABIGAIL. BEING GENTLEMEN, THEY'RE GOING TO LET ABI PLAY ANYWAY. MORAL: NEVER TRUST A WOMAN WITH A STICK. (APWIREPHOTO) (C/R5 500CP) 1956; handwritten: 55-685 [circled]; handwritten: HOCK[EY}; stamped: RETURN TO TIMES / DATE RECEIVED / MAR -9 1956 / IN PICTURE FILES / PHOTO LIBRARY; stamped: [illegible] / ASSOCIATED PRESS / PHOTO

Credit Line: The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection