It happens every spring : baseball's grand opening / sports poster, 1968, March.

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It happens every spring : baseball's grand opening / sports poster, 1968, March.

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Sports poster, March 1968, depicting baseball's opening day events showing both baseball players and presidents. The presidents represented are William H. Taft, Warren Harding, and John F. Kennedy. The players represented are Walter Johnson, Babe Ruth, Bob Feller, and Augie Galan. The drawing is a combination of pencil, ink, and charcoal.

1 sports poster : ill. ; 51 x 39 cm.

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7583194

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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Galan, Augie, 1912-1993.

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Harding, Warren Gamaliel, 1865-1923

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Warren Gamaliel Harding (b. November 2, 1865, Blooming Grove, Ohio-d. August 2, 1923, San Francisco, California) was an American politician who served as the 29th President of the United States from March 4, 1921 until his death in 1923....

Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930

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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was an American politician who served as U.S. President (1908-1912) and Chief Justitce of the Supreme Court (1921-1930). 1857 Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 15th 1878 Graduated from Yale University 1880 Graduated from Cincinnati Law School ...

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Johnson, Walter, 1887-1946

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Desko, George.

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William H. Taft became the first President of the United States to toss out the season's first ball on opening day in 1910 and every president since has carried on the tradition. From the description of It happens every spring : baseball's grand opening / sports poster, 1968, March. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 47648759 ...

Feller, Bob, 1918-2010

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Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

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George Herman Ruth was born February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland to Katherine and George Herman Ruth Sr. In 1902, Ruth was sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, an orphanage and reformatory, at the age of seven to teach him discipline. It was here that he learned to play baseball. He signed a contract with the minor league Baltimore Orioles in 1914. Ruth received his nickname "Babe" when his minor league teammates referred to him as manager Jack Dunn's new babe. He began his ma...