"Washington Fans Honor Walter Johnson" photograph

Date1933 July 08

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Walter Johnson, in his Cleveland Indians uniform, standing behind a flower arrangement with Clark Griffith, left, and Joe Cronin, right. The caption on the back adds "Today was Walter Johnson Day at Griffith Stadium. Heretofore when Johnson appeared in uniform he was attempting to hold the Washington Nationals to win. Today however he returned as manager of the Cleveland team. Photo shows left to right-center-Clark Griffith, Walter Johnson, Joe Cronin with basket of flowers present to Johnson before the game."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0231

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Johnson, Walter, 1887-1946

Subject Griffith, Clark (Clark Calvin), 1869-1955

Subject Cronin, Joe, 1906-1984

Subject Washington Senators (Baseball team : 1901-1960)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject Cleveland Guardians (Baseball team)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Duplicate/Alternate CopyBL-2149-80

Dimensions9 x 7 in.

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

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