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Truman at Griffith Stadium

73-2420
Accession Number
73-2420
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 338955938
Keywords
Baseball
Cabinet officers
Friends and associates
Naval officers
Presidential press secretaries
Presidents
White House staff
HST Keywords
Truman - Sports - Baseball - 1944-1947
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977
Clifford, Clark M. (Clark McAdams), 1906-1998
Evans, Tom L. (Thomas Lynn), 1896-1970
Foskett, James H. (James Hicks), 1898-1961
Griffith, Clark (Clark Calvin), 1869-1955
Hassett, William D. (William David), 1880-1965
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950
Steelman, John Roy, 1900-1999
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman and other officials at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. for the opening game of the baseball season. In the President's box, first row, left to right: Tom Evans; Press Secretary Charles Ross; Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators; President Truman; and Admiral William Leahy. Second row, left to right: William Hassett (partly obscured); Clark Clifford; John Steelman; and Captain James Foskett. Standing next to Captain Foskett is Attorney General Tom Clark (in bow tie). All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
April 18, 1947