Grover Cleveland Alexander Reading Newspaper photograph

Date1949 October 31

DescriptionA black-and-white full-length photograph of Grover Cleveland Alexander reading a newspaper outside. Wearing dress pants, a dress shirt and tie, and a fedora, Alexander sits with his left leg crossed over right in a deck chair. He looks down to the newspaper in his lap. On a rooftop, several buildings are visible in the background. Pasted on the reverse (not shown), a caption reads, "SUFFERS MILD STROKE Grover Cleveland Alexander, the St. Louis Cardinals' 'Ol Peter of twenty-five years ago, suns himself atop his Hollywood Apartment Oct. 31. He collapsed in a drug store the previous day and was treated for a mild stroke. He is 62."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0018

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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