Grover Cleveland Alexander in Hospital Bed photograph

Date1936

DescriptionA black-and-white half-length photograph of Grover Cleveland Alexander laying in a hospital bed. A caption pasted on the reverse (not shown) reads,"GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER MYSTERIOUSLY INJURED Grover Cleveland Alexander, one of the all time great pitchers of the major leagues, and holder of many base-ball records, is shown above in a hospital in Evansville, IND. after being found unconscious on an Evansville, street, august I. Police are trying to determine if the former baseball star, who had been appearing on a radio program, had been slugged or hit by an automobile. 8-2-36."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0007

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer New York World-Telegram

Subject Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 1887-1950

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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