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President Truman Opening the Baseball Season at Griffith Stadium

73-3814
Accession Number
73-3814
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338958898
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Baseball
Judges
Naval officers
Presidents
Stadiums
Vice-Presidents
White House staff
HST Keywords
Truman - Sports - Baseball - 1952-1953
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956
Boudreau, Louis, 1917-2001
Connelly, Matthew J., 1907-1976
Griffith, Clark (Clark Calvin), 1869-1955
Harris, Stanley Raymond, 1896-1977
Landry, Robert B. (Robert Broussard), 1909-2000
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953
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 members of his staff attending a baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox. First row, from left to right are: Vice President Alben Barkley; Chief Justice Fred Vinson; President Truman; Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators; Admiral William D. Leahy (between Griffith and Harris); Bucky Harris, manager of Senators; Lou Boudreau, manager of the Red Sox. In the second row, from left to right: unidentified; General Harry Vaughan; General Robert Landry; Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly. All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
April 15, 1952