Connie Mack 88th Birthday photograph, 1950 December 22

Date1950 December 22

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Connie Mack captured with a large grin as he celebrates his 88th birthday on December 22, 1950. Mack wears a suit and a Philadelphia Athletics baseball cap. He is holds a baseball bat in his left hand and has a large cut out of a baseball that features the number 88 on it over the upper half of his body. A newspaper clipping is affixed to the back of the photograph (not shown) (not shown) and states, "Connie's 88 Connie Mack, who retired as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics after 50 years as field leader, dons an A's cap and clutches a baseball bat in Philadelphia, PA., Dec. 22, during celebration of his 88th birthday. Connie has his head and shoulder pushed through a huge paper sphere symbolic of a ball. The 88, of course, tells how old he is.12/23/50." A newspaper clipping is affixed to the front of an additional copy (not shown) and states, "Philadelphia, Dec. 22--Baseball's Grand Old Man Reaches 88--Connie Mack, who retired as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics after 50 years as field leader, celebrates his 88th birthday today.(1950). " Mack was the manager of the Athletics from 1901 through 1950.

Object numberBL-1968-01451-1118

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Mack, Connie, 1862-1956

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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