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PRESIDENT GETS BASEBALL 'ANNIE OAKLEYS.' WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 13. PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT ARE NOW ALL SET FOR THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAMES THIS SUMMER. TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE CLARK GRIFFITH, PRESIDENT OF THE WASHINGTON SENATORS, AND FORD FRICK, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, PRESENTED PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WITH HIS ANNUAL BASEBALL PASS AND ALSO LEFT FOR MRS. ROOSEVELT A FANCY POCIETBOOK CONTAINING ONE. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE ALSO TOLD GRIFFITH AND FRICK THAT HIS ARM WAS IN SHAPE TO THROW OUT THE FIRST BALL IN SEASON'S OPENER IN D.C. BETWEEN YANKS AND SENATORS

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PRESIDENT GETS BASEBALL 'ANNIE OAKLEYS.' WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 13. PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT ARE NOW ALL SET FOR THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAMES THIS SUMMER. TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE CLARK GRIFFITH, PRESIDENT OF THE WASHINGTON SENATORS, AND FORD FRICK, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, PRESENTED PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WITH HIS ANNUAL BASEBALL PASS AND ALSO LEFT FOR MRS. ROOSEVELT A FANCY POCIETBOOK CONTAINING ONE. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE ALSO TOLD GRIFFITH AND FRICK THAT HIS ARM WAS IN SHAPE TO THROW OUT THE FIRST BALL IN SEASON'S OPENER IN D.C. BETWEEN YANKS AND SENATORS

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A black and white photo of three men in suits, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection

Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve.
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch eight.

The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)

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01/01/1939
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No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Information http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/140_harr.html

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