President Hoover wishes "Big Train" best of luck in first season as manager. President Hoover shaking hands with Walter Johnson, the new manager of the Washington Senators, shortly before he tossed out the first ball to open the baseball season in the National Capital today
4 x 5 in. or smaller
- Date
- 1929
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 10,008 × 7,752 pixels
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"President Hoover wishes "Big Train" best of luck in first season as manager. President Hoover shaking hands with Walter Johnson, the new manager of the Washington Senators, shortly before he tossed out the first ball to open the baseball season in the National Capital today" (1929). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Hoover_wishes_%22Big_Train%22_best_of_luck_in_first_season_as_manager._President_Hoover_shaking_hands_with_Walter_Johnson,_the_new_manager_of_the_Washington_Senators,_shortly_before_he_LCCN2016889274.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 293314.
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