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Truman at Opening Game of Baseball Season

73-3014
Accession Number
73-3014
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 338957142
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Baseball
Cabinet officers
First ladies
Naval officers
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
Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977
Connelly, Matthew J., 1907-1976
Dennison, Robert L. (Robert Lee), 1901-1980
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
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
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 (seated, far right) with First Lady Bess Truman (to Truman's right) and other members of his party, at Griffith Stadium in Washington on opening day of the baseball season. Seated in the first row of the Presidential box, left to right: General Harry Vaughan, Vice-President Alben Barkley, unidentified man, Mrs. Truman, President Truman. Standing beside President Truman is Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators. Seated in the second row of the Presidential box, left to right: Admiral Robert Dennison, General Robert Landry, Press Secretary Charles Ross, William Hassett, and Matthew Connelly. Standing behind Mr. Connelly is Attorney General Tom Clark. All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
April 18, 1949