Connie Mack 78th Birthday photograph, 1940 December 23

Date1940 December 23

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Connie Mack captured as he cuts into his cake to celebrate his 78th birthday. Mack is looking down at the cake. He is dressed in a suit. A newspaper clipping is affixed to the back of the photograph (not shown) (not shown) and states, "Connie Cuts Up Philadelphia -- Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, cuts cake at party given to him by Philadelphia Sports Writers on his 78th birthday. Connie bought himself a birthday present by purchasing enough stock to give him controlling interest of the club. 12-23-40." The creation date of this photograph is based on the included caption.

Object numberBL-1968-01451-1116

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Mack, Connie, 1862-1956

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions6 x 8 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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