Connie Mack and Will Harridge photograph
Date1938 June 19
DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack (left) with American League president Will Harridge. Harridge is presenting Mack with a book. The two are standing on a baseball field, in front of a large floral arrangement. The caption on the reverse (not shown) reads, "Cleveland, Ohio. Connie Mack, the best-loved man in baseball, was honored in Cleveland today when leaders of the national pastime gathered in the Municipal Stadium to pay him homage. The occasion marked the anniversary of the first professional baseball game in the United States which was played at Hoboken, N.J., June 19, 1846. Photo above shows President Will Harridge of the American League, presenting baseball's 75-year-old patriarch with a handsomely-bound leather book containing the signatures of every person in organized baseball from Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis down to the greenest rookie in the West Texas-New Mexico League." According to a label on the reverse, this photograph was taken on June 19, 1938.
Object numberB-1963-0177-0011
Subject
Mack, Connie, 1862-1956
Subject
Harridge, Will, 1881-1971
Classificationsphotographic materials
Collection NumberBA PHT 012 Hall of Famers photographic materials
Dimensions6.5 x 8.5 in.
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Object number: B-1963-0177-0013
Mack, Connie, 1862-1956
1956
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1068
New York World-Telegram
1949 August 21
Object number: B-1963-0828-0010
Mack, Connie, 1862-1956
1942 December 01
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1072
New York World-Telegram
1949 August 21
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1081
New York World-Telegram
1941 May 17
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1171
New York World-Telegram
1941 May 17
Object number: B-1963-0177-0012
Mack, Connie, 1862-1956
1952 June 11
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1070
Greene, William C., 1901-1963
1949 August 21
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1088
New York World-Telegram
undated
Object number: B-1963-0828-0011
Mack, Connie, 1862-1956
undated
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1073
New York World-Telegram
1949 August 19