The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2002.143.2, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Und ...

Herbert Hoover, Governor Raymond Baldwin and Others at Yale-Army Game

PhotographerPhotographed by George B. Keeley (American)

Date1939

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 10 5/8 x 13 1/2in. (27 x 34.3cm) Sheet (height x width): 10 7/8 x 13 7/8in. (27.6 x 35.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund

Object number2002.143.2

DescriptionA group of men and women are seated in rows, presumably in a football stadium. Most men wear suits, hats, and neckties. Some wear military uniforms. Some wear eyeglasses. One man wears a wristwatch. One wears a ring. One man smokes a pipe, another smokes a cigar.

Collections

Football in Connecticut

NotesSubject Note: A newspaper clipping accompanying the photograph identifies the following men in the second row, left ot right: Governor Ralph A. Carr of Colorado, former President Herbert Hoover, Governor Raymond E. Baldwin (with pipe), Republican National Committeeman Samuel F. Pryor, Jr., and Lawrence Richey, secretary to Hoover. Raymond E. Baldwin was Governor of Connecticut from 1939-1941 and from 1943-1946. Samuel F. Pryor, Jr., served on the Republican National Committee from 1936-1941. (Finlay 1/7/2003)

Geography Note: Presumably the photograph was taken at a Yale-Army football game in New Haven. The photographer, George B. Keeley, was employed by the New Haven Register. (Finlay 1/7/2003)

Status

Not on view