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Lot 1645: Presidential Opening Day Photos from Roosevelt to Ike (4)

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $300.00
Winning Bid: $294.98
Price Realized: $352.50
Auction Date:12/15/2006 9:00 PM EST

These vintage images (4) of America’s traditional opening day, presidential first pitch immortalize three presidents as they take ball in hand and serve our national pastime from the stands. Harry Truman southpaws it in 1950 (and 1954), while Dwight Eisenhower blurs it in ’56, and lastly, Franklin D. Roosevelt happily performs the honors in 1934. 8x10’s all, with front captions on ’50 and ’56, and details on verso include affixed original newspaper clippings and paper captions, news service and date stamps, and production notes. '54 Truman has missing upper left corner. EX to NM-MT.

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