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Pres. Taft at baseball game vs. Cubs vs. Giants, Sept. 16, 1909 – Historic Reproduction

Pres. Taft at baseball game vs. Cubs vs. Giants, Sept. 16, 1909, 1909 — historic photograph
Pres. Taft at baseball game vs. Cubs vs. Giants, Sept. 16, 1909, 1909. Historic photograph from the Baseball collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Pres. Taft at baseball game vs. Cubs vs. Giants, Sept. 16, 1909, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Pres. Taft at baseball game vs. Cubs vs. Giants, Sept. 16, 1909

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Rather than a ceremonial first pitch, this photograph shows President William Howard Taft as a spectator at a game between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants on September 16, 1909. Taft had taken office in March of that year, and he was a known baseball enthusiast who is often credited with starting the tradition of presidents throwing out the first pitch, which he did at a Washington Senators opener in 1910. Photographs of presidents at ballgames from this decade capture an early moment when attending professional sports was becoming a public part of political life.

Created / published1909
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesCopyright J.W. Taylor photo.
SubjectsTaft, William H. (William Howard),--1857-1930--Social life.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,257 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-198339

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