Tris Speaker with Bill Rives photograph

Date1950

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Tris Speaker seated alongside Bill Rives. Speaker, facing the camera, wears a suit, tie, and pocket square. Speaker, shown from the knees up, clasps his left hand over his right while resting his forearms on his legs. Speaker looks in the distance towards his right, in the direction of Rives who leans forward to make eye contact with Speaker. Rives, also wearing a suit and tie sits to Speaker's right. Rives rests his right forearm on his right leg to lean forward to be able to speak with Speaker. Pasted on the reverse (not shown), is a newspaper clipping of the published photograph and accompanying caption that reads, "DIAMOND GREAT- Bill Rives, left. chairman of Texas Sports Writers Association, talks with Tris Speaker at Dallas after group announced Speaker's election as the first athlete to Texas' Sports Hall of Fame. Speaker, famous major league baseball star, now is employed by the Cleveland Indians, club with which he finished his playing career many years ago." Stamped in red ink on this clipping (not shown) is the date, "DEC 17 1950," the probable publication date of this photograph.

Object numberB-1963-2541-002

Subject Speaker, Tris

Subject Rives, Bill

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 012 Hall of Famers photographic materials

Dimensions6.75 x 7.5 in.

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