The opening day of the 1929 baseball season in Detroit, Michigan. View of the large crowd in the stands at Navin Field. Ford Model A car parked by the stands inside the stadium. Detroit Tigers part-owner Walter Briggs talks to Tigers manager Bucky Harris on radio station WWJ. Henry Ford shakes hands with Harris and speaks into the microphone. Briggs and a Detroit player beside the Ford. A band, Tiger players, and the opposing Cleveland Indians march around the stadium. Ford and Briggs talking in the stands. Fords holds baseball, throws it out to unseen player on the field. The men talk and smile. Harris outside the dugout. Two other players sit inside the dugout. Several Detroit players stand just outside the dugout.
Shot of packed stands at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. on opening day of 1929 baseball season. American flags hang from second deck. U.S. President Herbert Hoover arrives at his seat. Mostly male crowd, along with a few women, dressed in 1920s style overcoats and hats. Players of home team Washington Senators and the visiting Philadelphia Athletics line up on the field before the game. Senators manager and Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson gives baseball to the president for the ceremonial first pitch. President Hoover releases strong throw; he and the crowd sit down.
Women in swimsuits compete in a "perfect back" contest at the third national chiropractor convention in Los Angeles. Women in bathing suits bend forward during perfect back contest at Third National Convention in Los Angeles, California. Chiropractors in white coats file by and inspect the spinal column of each contestant, looking for misalignment. A chiropractor tickles one of the women. She squirms and then looks at him reprovingly. The doctors write their scoring on the backs of the women. Beauty model Laurie Sherman poses with trophy after winning the competition.
A five mile canoe race between 125 teams in Guernewood, California. Teammates take canoes into water. Two girls after winning the race.
Four lion clubs at a house in Petaluma, California. The cubs play in garden. Small girls play with a cub. The cubs fed from a tray. The cubs then play with the tray.
African American children compete during a water-melon eating contest in Oakland, California. Children eat slices of melons placed on benches. They race forward to the benches. A bench tips and some fruit falls the ground. Close up of a young child eating a slice of watermelon as fast as he can.
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