Homer Cover

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20053452

Description

Homer Cover, president of the Fort Worth Cats Booster Club, making the first pitch at the opening day Texas League baseball game at LaGrave Field, where the Fort Worth Cats played against the Oklahoma City Indians. Mr. Cover is standing on the field; his right leg is raised slightly and he is holding a baseball in his right hand and wearing a baseball glove on his left hand. He is wearing a long-sleeve shirt with a necktie and a belted pair of trousers. He is also wearing a dark baseball cap that has the initials "FTW" across the front.

Archival Date

1942-04-12

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1525

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

Rights

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License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Subjects

Cover, Homer; Baseball; Cat Booster Club; Fort Worth Cats (Baseball team); LaGrave Field; Texas League; Oklahoma City Indians (Baseball team)