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Harry and Bess Truman at Opening Game of Baseball Season

73-3012
Accession Number
73-3012
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338957138
Keywords
Armed forces officers
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
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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
Landry, Robert B. (Robert Broussard), 1909-2000
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 and other members of his party at the opening game of the 1949 baseball season at Griffith Stadium. Seated in the first row of the Presidential box, left to right: Vice-President Alben Barkley, unidentified man, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and President Truman. Standing behind President Truman is Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators. Seated in the second row of the Presidential box, left to right: General Robert Landry, Press Secretary Charles Ross, William Hassett, and Matthew Connelly. Standing behind Mr. Connelly, wearing a bow tie, is Attorney General Tom Clark.
Date(s)
April 18, 1949