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READY FOR OPENER. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 13. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS READY FOR THE OPENING DAY OF THE BASEBALL SEASON TOMORROW AS CLARK GRIFFITH, PRESIDENT OF THE WASHINGTON CLUB, PRESENTS HIM WITH A GOLD PASS. SANDY McDONALD, 8-YEAR-OLD SON OF A WASHINGTON SPORTS ANNOUNCER, LOOKS ON IN BIG-EYED INTEREST. GRIFFITH IS HOLDING A BAG FOR MRS. ROOSEVELT WHICH CONTAINS HER PASS

READY FOR OPENER. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 13. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS RE...

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General W.A. Mann & Col Simpson (throwing out ball at Giants home opener, 4/16/18)

General W.A. Mann & Col Simpson (throwing out ball at Giants home open...

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[Band and players march for Giants' home opener, Polo Grounds, New York (baseball)]

[Band and players march for Giants' home opener, Polo Grounds, New Yor...

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Bottle of Congress beer. Tray with bottle, mug and bottle opener I

Bottle of Congress beer. Tray with bottle, mug and bottle opener I

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[Red Sox batting practice, World Series opener, Polo Grounds (baseball)]

[Red Sox batting practice, World Series opener, Polo Grounds (baseball...

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President Hoover officially opens baseball season in National Capital. President Hoover tossing out the first ball to officially open the baseball season in Washington today. The Washington Senators played in the Philadelelphia Athletics in the season's opener. In the photograph, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde; Mrs. Herbert Hoover; President Hoover; Secretary of Treasury Andrew Mellon (sitting) Secretary of War James W. Good; Walter Johnson; and Clark Griffith

President Hoover officially opens baseball season in National Capital....

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Vice President's wish comes true. Washington, D.C., April 18. Vice President Garner's wish last year that Zeke Donura, White Sox slugging first basemen, would be a member of the Washington team this year, was fulfilled today as the big Italian covered the initial station in the season's opener between the Senators and the Philadelphia Athletics. The V.P. is pictured greeting Donura, 4/18/38

Vice President's wish comes true. Washington, D.C., April 18. Vice Pre...

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FORGET NATION'S BUSINESS FOR NATIONAL PASTIME. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 18. CONGRESSIONAL BICKERING, THE REORGANIZATION BILL, AND THOUGHTS OF ANOTHER DEPRESSION WERE FAR FROM THE MINDS OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND VICE PRESIDENT GARNER TODAY AS THEY MET AT THE 1938 BASEBALL SEASON'S OPENER BETWEEN THE SENATORS AND THE PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS

FORGET NATION'S BUSINESS FOR NATIONAL PASTIME. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL ...

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Books. Book open to page of text and photograph of U.S. Capitol with hand and letter opener

Books. Book open to page of text and photograph of U.S. Capitol with h...

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Giants home opener, 4/16/18, Polo Grounds

Giants home opener, 4/16/18, Polo Grounds

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Salvage. New York local story. Keys to Uncle Sam's arsenal for democracy. Ranging in size form a tiny jewelcase opener to a massive half-pound brass device used in a French chateau grilled door, a donor turns over to the salvage drive more than 200 keys weighing five pounds, one ounce to Mrs. Mortimer Hess, vice chairman of the Women's Division of the New York City Salvage Committee at its headquarters in the Channing Building. Soon these keys will be on their way to the smelters to refine into new steel and brass to make America's guns and cartridges

Salvage. New York local story. Keys to Uncle Sam's arsenal for democra...

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Bottle of Congress beer. Tray with bottle, mug and bottle opener II

Bottle of Congress beer. Tray with bottle, mug and bottle opener II

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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

PRESIDENT GETS BASEBALL 'ANNIE OAKLEYS.' WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 13. PR...

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See season's opener. Washington, D.C., April 18. Precedence and politics were off their mind today as the nation's lawmakers, government officials, and diplomats attended today's opening game of the 1938 baseball season between the Washington Senators and the Philadelphia Athletics. Here we see, left to right: J.J. Pelley, President of the Association of American Railroads; Japanese Ambassador Saito, Senator Frederick Hale, of Maine; and William Julian, U.S. Treasurer, 4/18/38

See season's opener. Washington, D.C., April 18. Precedence and politi...

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Salvage. New York local story. Keys to Uncle Sam's arsenal for democracy. Ranging in size form a tiny jewelcase opener to a massive half-pound brass device used in a French chateau grilled door, a donor turns over to the salvage drive more than 200 keys weighing five pounds, one ounce to Mrs. Mortimer Hess, vice chairman of the Women's Division of the New York City Salvage Committee at its headquarters in the Channing Building. Soon these keys will be on their way to the smelters to refine into new steel and brass to make America's guns and cartridges

Salvage. New York local story. Keys to Uncle Sam's arsenal for democra...

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