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Truman Opening Baseball Season at Griffith Stadium

73-3293
Accession Number
73-3293
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338957750
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Baseball
Children of presidents
First ladies
Naval officers
Presidential press secretaries
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
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956
Dennison, Robert L. (Robert Lee), 1901-1980
Griffith, Clark (Clark Calvin), 1869-1955
Harris, Stanley Raymond, 1896-1977
Landry, Robert B. (Robert Broussard), 1909-2000
Mack, Connie, 1862-1956
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 holding up two baseballs, one in each hand, preparatory to throwing out the first ball at the opening game of the baseball season, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Standing in the presidential box, from left to right, are: Admiral Robert Dennison, Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Truman, General Robert Landry, Philadelphia Athletics Manager Connie Mack, Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith (partly obscured), Vice-President Alben Barkley, and Washington Senators Manager Bucky Harris. Seated behind President Truman is Press Secretary Charles Ross (partly obscured). All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
April 18, 1950