Grover Cleveland Alexander in Hospital Bed Reading photograph

Date1949

DescriptionA black-and-white half-length photograph of Grover Cleveland Alexander reading in a hospital bed. A caption pasted on the reverse (not shown) reads,"OL' PETE ALEXANDER HOSPITALIZED GROVER CLEVELAND (OL' PETE) ALEXANDER, ONE OF BASEBALL'S ALL-TIME GREAT PITCHERS, READS HIS MAIL IN A WARD AT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL, DEC. 26. HE WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN AN ALLEY BEHIND HIS HOLLYWOOD APARTMENT HOUSE TWO DAYS BEFORE. ALEXANDER, 62, IS A CANCER VICTIM, DOCTORS REPORTED. HIS RIGHT EAR WAS AMPUTATED TWO YEARS AGO IN AN EFFORT TO STOP THE DISEASE HIS CONDITION WAS REPORTED AS FAIR. 12/28/49."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0008

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer New York World-Telegram

Subject Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 1887-1950

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions7 x 9 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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