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

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 002 New York Herald Tribune photographic materials

Dimensions8.5 x 6.75 in.

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