Ted Williams Cutting Cake
Description
A slide of a black-and-white photograph of Ted Williams (right) cutting a birthday cake while Baltimore Orioles public relations officer John Lancaster (left) holds a painting that will be presented to Williams. Williams holds a large knife in his right hand after the cake. He is wearing a Boston Red Sox road uniform and is looking down at the cake. Lancaster is in the background. The painting he holds shows Williams kneeling on his right knee with two baseball bats leaning on his raised left leg. Information written on the physical slide reads, "Teddy Ballgame's Birthday Cake"
Player(s)
Williams, Ted, 1918-2002
Team(s)
Boston - AL; Baltimore - AL (1954-)
League(s)
American League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Picture Date
August 30, 1957
Subject
Hall of famers; Baseball in art; Birthday cakes; Baseball executives
Source
Unknown
Stadium
Memorial Stadium (Baltimore, Md.)
Location
Baltimore (Md.)
Folder Name / Binder
Slides A-Z: Wil
Photographer
Unknown
Media Type
Slides (photographs)