Postmaster General James A. Farley,Bureau of Engraving & Printing,Baseball
Title: First baseball stamp comes off press. Washington, D.C., May 26. Postmaster General James. A. Farley points to the first batch of the new baseball stamps as they come off the press at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing today. The stamp is being issued and will be first placed on sale at Cooperstown, N.Y., where it is said the first game was played. Alvin Hall, Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, is shown with the Postmaster General
Creator(s): Harris & Ewing, photographer
Date Created/Published: [19]39 May 26.
Notes:
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch five.
Subjects:
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.).
Glass negatives.
Bookmark /hec2009013452/
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