File:Sportsillustrated firstissue.jpg

Summary
The first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine, photographed by Mark Kauffman, an award-winning photographer for Time Life who also was the youngest photographer (at age 17) ever to shoot a cover for LIFE magazine (source: http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1083782/index.htm)

Copyright held by the publisher, fair use claimed for historical value.

Eddie Mathews, Giants Catcher Wes Westrum, Umpire Augie Donotelli