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[President Coolidge shaking hands with Walter Johnson at Griffith Stadium] – Antique Print

[President Coolidge shaking hands with Walter Johnson at Griffith Stadium], [between 1923 and 1927] — historic photograph
[President Coolidge shaking hands with Walter Johnson at Griffith Stadium], [between 1923 and 1927]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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[President Coolidge shaking hands with Walter Johnson at Griffith Stadium]

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A handshake between the sitting president and the Washington Senators' best-known pitcher gives this photograph its particular interest. Calvin Coolidge, who served as president from 1923 to 1929, was a regular presence at Griffith Stadium, the Senators' home park in the nation's capital, and Walter Johnson, nicknamed "The Big Train," spent his long career with the club and later entered the Baseball Hall of Fame. The National Photo Company, which documented Washington life in the 1920s, took many pictures of such public moments. Its work offers a useful view of how the capital mixed politics and popular sport in those years.

Created / published[between 1923 and 1927]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreGroup portraits 1920-1930.Portrait photographs 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesNational Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsCoolidge, Calvin,--1872-1933--Public appearances. Johnson, Walter Perry,--1887-1946. Baseball players--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,280 × 1,028 px · prints to 4 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-117200

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