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President Harry S. Truman Throws Out the First Pitch

2015-3123
Accession Number
2015-3123
13.2x10 inches
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350898326
Related Collection
Landry, Robert B. Papers
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Baseball
Children of presidents
First ladies
Presidents
Vice-Presidents
People Pictured
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Mara, Cornelius J., 1896-1977
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956
Landry, Robert B. (Robert Broussard), 1909-2000
Mack, Connie, 1862-1956
Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950
Harris, Stanley Raymond, 1896-1977
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Description
President Harry S. Truman throws out the first pitch at a baseball game between the Washington Senators and Philadelphia Athletics. In the front row, from left to right: Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Truman, General Robert Landry, Connie Mack, Vice President Alben Barkley, and Washington Senators manager Bucky Harris. Seated near the center, partly obscured by President Truman is Press Secretary Charles Ross. Standing a few rows directly behind President Truman is Colonel Cornelius Mara (in uniform). All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
April 18, 1950