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President Harry S. Truman Throws out First Pitch

64-58-1
Accession Number
64-58-1
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 343792089
Keywords
Baseball
Cabinet officers
First ladies
Legislators
Presidential advisors
Presidents
Secret service
White House staff
HST Keywords
Truman - Bess - Sports - Baseball; Truman - Sports - Baseball - 1945; Leahy, William D. - Sports - Baseball Games; Hassett, William D. - with Truman; Connelly, Matthew - General File
People Pictured
Allen, George E. (George Edward), 1896-1973
Connelly, Matthew J., 1907-1976
Hassett, William D. (William David), 1880-1965
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Odum, Reathel M.
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956
Drescher, George C., d. 1971
Rowley, James J. (James Joseph), 1908-1992
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Harris & Ewing

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Description

President Harry S. Truman throws out the first pitch at a baseball game between Washington and St. Louis. Front row, from left to right: Reathel Odum, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, William Hassett (partly obscured by President Truman), President Truman, Admiral William Leahy, Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith, and Secret Service agent George Drescher. Second row, left to right: George Allen, Matthew Connelly. Behind Admiral Leahy is Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson. Behind Mr. Hassett is Senator Alben Barkley. Secret Service agent James Rowley stands in second row between Griffith and Drescher. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 1.

Date(s)
September 8, 1945