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Lot # 181: FDR Delivers First Pitch of the Baseball Season

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Item was in Auction "2020 Fall Pop-Up",
which ran from 9/20/2020 7:00 PM to
10/4/2020 11:00 PM



Brown Brothers photograph showing President Franklin Delano Roosevelt winding up to deliver the ceremonial first pitch of the season at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. on April 19, 1937. There are crowds of fans standing behind him. To his immediate right is Clark Griffith and to his left are Connie Mack (in the suit) and Bucky Harris (in the Washington Senators uniform). 8x10" photo shows some corner wear and cracking; features Brown Brothers stamp and hand written notations on the verso.

 

All images in this collection are directly from the historic Brown Brothers archives.  All images are Type I unless otherwise noted.

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