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Clark Griffith Shakes Hands with President Harry S. Truman

64-180-03
Accession Number
64-180-03
7x9 inches
Black & White
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NAID 343790331
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Baseball
Naval officers
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Sports - Baseball - 1948-1949
People Pictured
Griffith, Clark (Clark Calvin), 1869-1955
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991
Dennison, Robert L. (Robert Lee), 1901-1980
Landry, Robert B. (Robert Broussard), 1909-2000
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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Clark Griffith (center), shakes hands with President Harry S. Truman (right) and Happy Chandler, Commissioner of Major League Baseball. They are with Mr. Griffith to celebrate Clark Griffith Night at Griffith Stadium, honoring Mr. Griffith's 50 years in baseball. Standing in the second row are Admiral Robert Dennison (left) and General Robert Landry (second from left). All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.
Date(s)
August 17, 1948