Ronald Reagan and Amy Alexander photograph
Date1952
DescriptionA black-and-white half-length photograph of actor Ronald Reagan autographing baseballs for Amy Alexander, Grover Cleveland Alexander's ex-wife. Sitting, holding a basket of baseballs, Alexander looks down to the ball she holds in her right hand. Reagan, sitting to the left of Alexander, holds a pen in his right hand. He turns his head to his left, looking across to Alexander. A caption pasted on the reverse (not shown) reads, "ON THE BALL HOLLYWOOD; CALIF.: Mrs. Grover Cleveland Alexander, wife of the late baseball great, receives autographed baseballs from actor Ronald Reagan, who portrays her husband in "THE WINNING TEAM." Members of the cast presented Mrs. Alexander with autographed baseballs before she left Hollywood on a cross-continent tour of major league cites. Picture is the life story of the immortal pitcher. 4/21/52."
Object numberBL-1968-01451-0006
Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer
New York World-Telegram
Subject
Alexander, Amy, d. 1979
Subject
Reagan, Ronald
Attributes
Classificationsphotographic materials
Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials
Dimensions8 x 7 in.
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Object number: BL-1968-01451-0008
New York World-Telegram
1949
Object number: B-1963-2137-0013
Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 1887-1950
between 1926 and 1929
Object number: BL-1995-12382-001
Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 1887-1950
between 1931 and 1936
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0017
New York World-Telegram
1939
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0018
New York World-Telegram
1949 October 31
Object number: BL-1969-02046-0009
Wingfield, Don
between 1926 and 1929
Object number: BL-1995-11097-010
Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 1887-1950
probably 1916
Object number: BL-1968-04131-0109
New York Herald Tribune (Firm)
1915
Object number: BL-1999-03769-104
Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 1887-1950
undated