Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C27798
President John F. Kennedy signs an autograph 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, Dave Powers; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; President of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, Joseph Cronin (back to camera); Associate Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher; 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.
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