Connie Mack 86th Birthday photograph, 1948 December 23

Date1948 December 23

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Connie Mack captured as he holds a knife to cut into his 86th birthday cake. Mack has a large smile on his face and is dressed in a suit. The cake has seven layers, has an elephant as the cake topper, and features designs of baseballs and bats. A newspaper clipping is affixed to the front of the photograph and states, "12/23-Philadelphia-Connie Mack, owner and manager of the Phila. Athletics, with birthday cake on his 86th birthday." The creation date of this photograph is based on the included caption.

Object numberBL-1968-01451-1136

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Mack, Connie, 1862-1956

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions7 x 9 in.

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

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