Lefty Grove photograph
Date1938 May 21
DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Lefty Grove captured in profile while sitting on a chair taking in a baseball game. Grove has his head turned to the side and has a serious expression on his face. He is resting his face in his right hand. Grove has his legs crossed and his right arm propped on his knee as his left leans against a table. He is dressed in a suit. A newspaper caption affixed to the back of the photograph (not shown) states, "Here's Robert Moses (Lefty) Grove, the hold man of the Boston Red Sox, as he looked on May 21 when he came out to watch his teammates play the St. Louis Browns, whom he had defeated the previous day, 16 to 2, for his seventh victory of the current season." This photograph was taken on May 21, 1938.
Object numberBL-1968-01451-1039
Publisher
New York World-Telegram
Subject
Grove, Lefty, 1900-1975
Classificationsphotographic materials
Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials
Dimensions7 x 9 in.
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Object number: B-1963-0696-005
Grove, Lefty, 1900-1975
1938 September 08
Object number: B-1963-0696-006
Grove, Lefty, 1900-1975
1955 May 02
Object number: BL-1968-00196-079
New York Journal-American
probably 1928
Object number: BL-1998-00683-007
Grove, Lefty, 1900-1975
between 1936 and 1941