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Truman Opening Baseball Season at Griffith Stadium

73-3010
Accession Number
73-3010
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338957134
Keywords
Baseball
Cabinet officers
First ladies
Presidential press secretaries
Presidents
Vice-Presidents
White House staff
HST Keywords
Truman - Bess - Sports; Truman - Sports - Baseball - 1949
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956
Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977
Connelly, Matthew J., 1907-1976
Griffith, Clark (Clark Calvin), 1869-1955
Hassett, William D. (William David), 1880-1965
Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950
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 (standing, center) smiling and holding up the baseball which he is about to throw out to open the baseball season at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. In the first row of the Presidential box, from left to right are: Vice-President Alben Barkley, unidentified man, Mrs. Truman and President Truman. The man holding on to Truman's arm is Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators. In the second row of the Presidential box are, from left to right: Press Secretary Charles Ross, William Hassett, and Matthew Connelly (partly obscured). Standing behind President Truman is Attorney General Tom Clark. All others are unidentified.

Date(s)
April 18, 1949