- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Hank Aaron celebration at Atlanta Stadium
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1974
- Subject:
- Anniversaries--Georgia--Atlanta
Baseball players--Georgia--Atlanta
Baseball
Sports
Atlanta Braves (Baseball team)
Stadiums--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- Aaron, Hank, 1934-2021
Aaron, Billye Suber - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white negatives
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Atlanta Braves player Hank Aaron (in uniform) as he is honored for breaking Major League Baseball's all time home run record.
Henry Louis Aaron (1934-2021) was an American baseball player for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers. At the time of his retirement, in 1976, Aaron was the last active player who began his career in the Negro Leagues. From 1974 until 2007 he held the record for most home runs in Major League History. Hank Aaron was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/byd/id/4197
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright is held by Boyd Lewis. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsCC BY-NC-ND license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis photographs
MSS 1118, Southwind recordings, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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