Connie Mack, Alben Barkley and Clark Griffith photograph, 1950 April 18

Date1950 April 18

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph, from left to right, of Connie Mack, Alben Barkley and Clark Griffith captured walking across the baseball field at Griffith Stadium prior to the start of a game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Washington Senators on April 18, 1950. All three gentlemen are dressed in suits and have serious expressions on their faces. A marching band is visible in the background on the baseball field. Griffith Stadium is visible in the background and is filled with fans. A newspaper clipping is affixed to the back of the photograph (not shown) (not shown) and states, "Baseball and Politics Do Mix Two veterans of baseball and one of politics lead the march across Washington's Griffith Stadium, April 18, after a flag raising ceremony in deep centerfield before beginning of the season's opener between the Washington Senators and the Philadelphia Athletics. Left to right: Connie Mack, 87, manager of the Athletics; Vice President Alben W. Barkley, 73; and Clark Griffith, 80, President of the Senators. Washington won, 8-7.4/18/50." The creation date of the photograph is based on the included caption.

Object numberBL-1968-01451-1078

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Mack, Connie, 1862-1956

Subject Griffith, Clark (Clark Calvin), 1869-1955

Subject Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions9 x 7 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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