Postmaster General raises flag and officially opens baseball season. Washington, D.C., April 21. The game can't start until the flag is raised over the field, and here are Yankee manager Joe McCarthy, Postmaster General James A. Farley, National's Manager Bucky Harris, and Clark Griffith, owner of t
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"Postmaster General raises flag and officially opens baseball season. Washington, D.C., April 21. The game can't start until the flag is raised over the field, and here are Yankee manager Joe McCarthy, Postmaster General James A. Farley, National's Manager Bucky Harris, and Clark Griffith, owner of t" (1939). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Postmaster_General_raises_flag_and_officially_opens_baseball_season._Washington,_D.C.,_April_21._The_game_can%27t_start_until_the_flag_is_raised_over_the_field,_and_here_are_Yankee_manager_Joe_LCCN2016875495.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 292970.
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