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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17472
President John F. Kennedy holds a baseball glove while talking with majority owner of the Washington Senators franchise General Elwood R. “Pete” Quesada at the opening game of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Those looking on include Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; former Washington Senators player James Barton "Mickey" Vernon; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Secret Service Agents Gerald “Jerry” Behn and John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary; Boys Clubs of America's "Boy of the Year" Richard Lopez (at left in foreground).