Party Leaders enjoy opening game. Washington, D.C., April 19. Party ties were forgotten today as Democratic and Republican members of Congress attended the opening game of the 1937 baseball season in Washington between the Senators and Philadelphia Athletics. Here we see, Republican Majority Leader
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"Party Leaders enjoy opening game. Washington, D.C., April 19. Party ties were forgotten today as Democratic and Republican members of Congress attended the opening game of the 1937 baseball season in Washington between the Senators and Philadelphia Athletics. Here we see, Republican Majority Leader" (1937). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Party_Leaders_enjoy_opening_game._Washington,_D.C.,_April_19._Party_ties_were_forgotten_today_as_Democratic_and_Republican_members_of_Congress_attended_the_opening_game_of_the_1937_baseball_LCCN2016871574.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 292160.
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