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Joe DiMaggio Takes a Practice Swing While Visiting Fort Lewis' Cowan Stadium

2014-265
Accession Number
2014-265
6.5x4.5 inches
Black & White
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NAID 348664899
Related Collection
Truman, Louis W. Papers
Keywords
Baseball
Military bases
HST Keywords
Military Bases - Fort Lewis, Washington
People Pictured
DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999
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Description
Former New York Yankee baseball player Joe DiMaggio takes a practice cut while at Fort Lewis' Cowan Stadium assisted by an unidentified catcher. DiMaggio poled one ball over the centerfield fence after two other "homers" curved foul. DiMaggio, in his role as representative for the V.H. Monette Company, a supplier of merchandise to United States military exchanges around the world, was a guest of Major General Louis W. Truman, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Lewis Commander. Catcher in this photo unidentified.
Date(s)
ca.
1959