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Grover Cleveland Alexander Portrait photograph, probably 1938
Grover Cleveland Alexander Portrait photograph
Grover Cleveland Alexander Portrait photograph, probably 1938
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Grover Cleveland Alexander Portrait photograph

Dateprobably 1938
DescriptionA black-and-white half-length portrait photograph of Grover Cleveland Alexander. Shown from the waist up, Alexander wears a suit, tie, and fedora. Depicted in profile, Alexander leans on a counter with his left arm while resting his right hand on his hip. He looks forward to a point in the distance and to the right of the camera. A caption pasted on the reverse (not shown) reads, "'OLD PETE"' RATES THE HALL OF FAME Grover Cleveland Alexander (above), one of the great right-handed pitchers in the annals of baseball, who qualified for sports immortality in the third annual vote by members of the baseball writers association. After nearly 20 years in the National League, Alexander, who is 51, re-tired from the game in 1930. 1/13/38."
Object numberBL-1968-01451-0019
Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer
Classificationsphotographic materials
Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials
Dimensions7 x 9 in.
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Grover Cleveland Alexander Pitching photograph, 1913 or 1914
Object number: BL-1994-10369-003
Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 1887-1950
1913 or 1914
Grover Cleveland Alexander in Hospital Bed Reading photograph, 1946
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0008
New York World-Telegram
1949
Grover Cleveland Alexander Reading Newspaper photograph, 1949 October 31
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0018
New York World-Telegram
1949 October 31
Grover Cleveland Alexander photograph, 1930
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0011
New York World-Telegram
1930
Grover Cleveland Alexander Portrait photograph, probably 1929
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0015
New York World-Telegram
probably 1929
Grover Cleveland Alexander Portrait photograph, undated
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0012
New York World-Telegram
undated
Grover Cleveland Alexander Pitching photograph, between 1926 and 1929
Object number: B-1963-2137-0013
Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 1887-1950
between 1926 and 1929
Grover Cleveland Alexander in Hospital Bed photograph, 1936
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0007
New York World-Telegram
1936
Grover Cleveland Alexander Pitching photograph, between 1931 and 1936
Object number: BL-1995-12382-001
Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 1887-1950
between 1931 and 1936
Grover Cleveland Alexander and Unidentified in Car reprint, probably 1916
Object number: BL-1995-11097-012
Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 1887-1950
probably 1916
Grover Cleveland Alexander with Wife photograph, undated
Object number: BL-1999-03769-104
Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 1887-1950
undated