Washington Senators' pitcher Walter Johnson throws silver dollar across Rappahannock River, 1936
Title: "By George, He Did It--George Washington legend proved a fact by Walter Johnson" superimposed over Washington portrait / CU historical marker for Washington's boyhood home / MS Washington Senators pitcher Walter Johnson stands in overcoat with nine other men for photo op / CU silver dollar in hand / CU Johnson / MS fgd Johnson throws coin to far shore of the Rappahannock River, storage tanks and crowd on far shore in bkgd / LS people on far shore scramble to find silver dollar / CU Peter Yon, man who found the coin, holds it up and speaks





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Editorial #:
1269900416
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
February 22, 1936
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:00:52:19
Location:
Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr004407_01_01
- Coin,
- Flipping A Coin,
- One US Dollar Coin,
- 1930-1939,
- Adult,
- Archival,
- Baseball - Sport,
- Baseball Pitcher,
- Baseball Player,
- Black And White,
- Clambering,
- Composite Image,
- Crowd of People,
- Currency,
- Discovery,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Film Composite,
- Finding,
- Fredericksburg - Virginia,
- George Washington,
- HD Format,
- History,
- Human Interest,
- Men,
- Mythology,
- Newsreel,
- Overcoat,
- People,
- Portrait,
- Produced Segment,
- Rappahannock River,
- Real Time Video,
- River,
- Sportsperson,
- Standing,
- Talking,
- Throwing,
- USA,
- Virginia - US State,
- Walter Johnson - Baseball Player,
- Washington Senators,