Bob Feller Receiving Diploma photograph
Date1937 May 16
DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Bob Feller receiving his high school diploma from Van Meter High School in Iowa. Feller smiles as a young boy dressed in a satin baseball uniform hands Bob his certificate with the president of the local school board overseeing it. A caption (not shown) states, "FELLER RECEIVES DIPLOMA VAN METER, IA., MAY 16. ”CLEVELAND'S 18-YEAR-OLD PITCHING ACE, BOB FELLER, GETS HIS VAN METER GRADUATION CERTIFICATE FROM GEORGE ENGLAND FIVE-YEAR-OLD MASCOT OF THE SENIOR CLASS. CLARENCE DUNN, PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, WHO PRESENTED THE DIPLOMAS, SMILES HIS APPROVAL. FELLER REJOINED HIS TEAM IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CEREMONY. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO, 5-16-37."
Object numberBL-1968-04131-0030
Publisher
New York Herald Tribune (Firm)
Subject
Feller, Bob, 1918-2010
Classificationsphotographic materials
Collection NumberBA PHT 002 New York Herald Tribune photographic materials
Dimensions8.5 x 6.75 in.
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Feller, Bob, 1918-2010
1937 May 14
Object number: BL-1968-04131-0037
New York Herald Tribune (Firm)
1936 October 10
Object number: BL-1968-04131-0043
New York Herald Tribune (Firm)
1939 May 14
Object number: BL-1968-04131-0101
New York Herald Tribune (Firm)
1954 August
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0129
Reed, Frank, 1915-1989
1951 August 09
Object number: BL-1968-04131-0020
New York Herald Tribune (Firm)
1941