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Truman Opening Baseball Season at Griffith Stadium

73-3011
Accession Number
73-3011
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 338957136
Keywords
Baseball
Presidents
Vice-Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Sports - Baseball - 1949
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956
Griffith, Clark (Clark Calvin), 1869-1955
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 throwing out the first ball from the presidential box at Washington's Griffith Stadium, on opening day of the 1949 baseball season. Vice President Alben Barkley is on the far left. Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators, stands beside Truman. Others are unidentified.
Date(s)
April 18, 1949