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Truman Opening Baseball Season at Griffith Stadium

73-3289
Accession Number
73-3289
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 338957740
Keywords
Baseball
Children of presidents
First ladies
Naval officers
Presidents
Vice-Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Bess - Family - HST - MT - Presidency; Truman - Bess - Sports; Truman - Family - Wife - Daughter - 1950; Truman - Margaret - Sports - [attending]; Truman - Sports - Baseball - 1950-1951
People Pictured
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
Dennison, Robert L. (Robert Lee), 1901-1980
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 shaking hands with Vice President Alben Barkley at Washington, D.C.'s Griffith Stadium, on the occasion of the opening game of the 1950 baseball season, as other dignitaries look on. Standing in the front row of the presidential box are, from left to right: Admiral Robert Dennison, Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Truman, Vice-President Barkley, and Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith (in light-colored hat, with his arm on Barkley). All others are unidentified.

Date(s)
April 18, 1950