H. Roe Bartle at First Kansas City A's Game
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H. Roe Bartle at First Kansas City A's Game
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Kansas City mayor H. Roe Bartle is seated at the first Kansas City A's game held at Municipal Stadium. Missouri Governor James T. Blair is seated two rows behind Bartle next to the right of the patrolmen. Former Kansas City mayor William Kemp is third from Bartle's right.
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10021109
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1955-04-12
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Related Item |
Related Item
General Collection (P1), Bartle, H. Roe, Number 20
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Note(s)
Kansas City shattered the A's old attendance record in their first year here with 1,393,054 fans. The only other American League team to sell that many tickets that year was the New York Yankees. The A's attendance record set that year lasted until 1982.Accession #:2008-25.
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Electronic Locator
CD93
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