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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-04-08-B
AR34, ST22, KN33
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C27797
President John F. Kennedy signs a baseball during opening day of the 1963 baseball season at D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.; the Washington Senators hosted the Baltimore Orioles. Also pictured: Special Assistant to the President, Larry O’Brien; Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); President of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, Joseph Cronin (back to camera); Owner of the Washington Senators, James M. Johnston; Representative Torbert H. Macdonald (Massachusetts); Manager of the Baltimore Orioles, Billy Hitchcock; Manager of the Washington Senators, James Barton "Mickey" Vernon; Daniel Harnett and Levi Fraser, from the Washington Boys Clubs.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C81-20-63
President John F. Kennedy throws out the first pitch at opening day of the 1963 baseball season at D. C. Stadium; the Washington Senators hosted the Baltimore Orioles. Also pictured: Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Larry O’Brien; Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana (face partially hidden); Owner of the Washington Senators, James M. Johnston; Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Representative Torbert H. Macdonald (Massachusetts); President of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, Joseph Cronin; Manager of the Baltimore Orioles, Billy Hitchcock (mostly hidden); Manager of the Washington Senators, James Barton "Mickey" Vernon; Washington Boys Clubs baseball players, Daniel Harnett and Levi Fraser; White House Secret Service agent, John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7159-E
President John F. Kennedy watches the opening game of the 1962 baseball season. Those pictured include: Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Special Assistant to the President Timothy Reardon; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Representative Charles Halleck of Indiana; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; Joseph Cronin, President of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; James Barton “Mickey” Vernon, Manager of the Washington Senators; General Elwood “Pete” Quesada, majority owner of the Washington Senators; Senator George Smathers of Florida; Bob Scheffing, Manager of the Detroit Tigers; Ed Doherty, General Manager of the Washington Senators; unidentified observers. D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.