Monday, March 19, 2012

Politicians at the Polo Grounds, Opening Day 1942


Rosa was studying photography while Murray went to Columbia for a masters degree in journalism. She wrote to her mother on April 18, 1942, that

Almost the whole journalism class skipped school, taking the professor with them, to see the opening game of the baseball season at the Polo Grounds. I took some pictures of Willkie, LaGuardia, Jimmy Walker, etc.
The Yankees won, 7-0 against the Washington Senators.

Fiorello LaGuardia at left (with glasses), Jimmy Walker (with flashy tie) and Thomas Dewey at right

Dewey is second from right. Does anyone recognize these other gents? Is that Wendell Willkie at right?


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