Secretary of War raises flag to pry off baseball lid in Washington. Secretary of War James W. Good with aid of Walter Johnson and Clark Griffith raises the flag in center field shortly before the start of the first game in Washington between the Senators and Athletics
4 x 5 in. or smaller
- Date
- 1929
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 7,752 × 10,008 pixels
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"Secretary of War raises flag to pry off baseball lid in Washington. Secretary of War James W. Good with aid of Walter Johnson and Clark Griffith raises the flag in center field shortly before the start of the first game in Washington between the Senators and Athletics" (1929). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Secretary_of_War_raises_flag_to_pry_off_baseball_lid_in_Washington._Secretary_of_War_James_W._Good_with_aid_of_Walter_Johnson_and_Clark_Griffith_raises_the_flag_in_center_field_shortly_LCCN2016889273.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 295508.
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