Baseball

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman (first row, center) autographing a baseball for a young boy. First row, left to right: First Lady Bess W. Truman; President Truman; and Admiral William Leahy. Second row: Matthew Connelly, Appointments Secretary to the President (center); and William Hassett, Correspondence Secretary to the President (right). All others unidentified.

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman and others standing for the National Anthem at a baseball game. First row, left to right: Reathel Odum; First Lady Bess W. Truman; President Harry S. Truman; and Admiral William Leahy. Second row: Matthew Connelly, Appointments Secretary to the President (third from left); and William Hassett, Correspondence Secretary to the President (fourth from left). Standing in the third row, directly behind Admiral Leahy is Senator Arthur Vandenberg. All others unidentified.

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman (standing, left) as he throws out a baseball from the crowd during a baseball game. Also pictured: First Lady Bess W. Truman (first row, left). Standing beside President Truman is Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators. Seated on the right in the front row is Charles Ross, President Truman's Press Secretary. Seated behind Mr. Ross is Major General Harry Vaughan, President Truman's military aide. All others unidentified.

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman (standing, left) shakes hands with a player during a baseball game. Also pictured: First Lady Bess W. Truman (first row, left); Admiral William Leahy (first row, right); and Matthew Connelly, Appointments Secretary to the President (second row, between Mrs. and President Truman). All others unidentified.

Former New York Yankee baseball player Joe DiMaggio takes a practice cut while at Fort Lewis' Cowan Stadium assisted by an unidentified catcher. DiMaggio poled one ball over the centerfield fence after two other "homers" curved foul. DiMaggio, in his role as representative for the V.H. Monette Company, a supplier of merchandise to United States military exchanges around the world, was a guest of Major General Louis W. Truman, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Lewis Commander. Catcher in this photo unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman behind his desk in his office at the Federal Reserve Bank Building, holding in his hand a baseball which he has autographed and wearing a baseball cap which says "KC".

Bess Truman (left) and Margaret Truman (center) cast their votes for players to appear in Major League Baseball's All-Star Game. Also present is Clark Griffith (right), owner of the Washington Senators. All others unidentified.

Former First Lady Bess W. Truman (left) and Margaret Truman (center) cast their votes for the 1953 All Star baseball players. Standing on the right in the foreground is Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators. All others unidentified.

Margaret Truman (second from left) and Bess Truman (second from right) attend a baseball game with Margaret's friend, Drucie Snyder Horton (left), daughter of former Treasury Secretary John Snyder, and Drucie's husband John Horton (third from left). Also present is Clark Griffith (right), owner of the Washington Senators. All others unidentified.

Robert E. Hannegan, owner and President of the St. Louis Cardinals, at his desk.