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Getting in Shape for the Big Tournament

Black and white photograph of Robert Alexis (Lex) Green with a cigar in his mouth and Edward Everts Browne holding a horseshoe watching Melville Clyde Kelly in the process of throwing a horseshoe in front of the Capitol/tiles/collection/2/2936.xml
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Reverse of photograph with handwritten text reading, “L. To R. Robert A. Green, Edward E. Browne, Clyde Kelly,” maker’s information, and a caption reading, “Getting in Shape for the Big Tournament. These three star Congressional horseshoe pitchers are practicing up for the tournament the lawmakers will enter here on May 30. Left to right: Representatives Green, of Florida; Browne, of Wisconsin; and Kelly, of Penn.”/tiles/collection/3/35724.xml
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Black and white photograph of Robert Alexis (Lex) Green with a cigar in his mouth and Edward Everts Browne holding a horseshoe watching Melville Clyde Kelly in the process of throwing a horseshoe in front of the Capitol
Reverse of photograph with handwritten text reading, “L. To R. Robert A. Green, Edward E. Browne, Clyde Kelly,” maker’s information, and a caption reading, “Getting in Shape for the Big Tournament. These three star Congressional horseshoe pitchers are practicing up for the tournament the lawmakers will enter here on May 30. Left to right: Representatives Green, of Florida; Browne, of Wisconsin; and Kelly, of Penn.”
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Date

1930-05-26

Maker

Associated Press

Dimensions

8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Accession Number

2009.016.004

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Representatives Robert Green, Edward Browne, and Melville Clyde Kelly (left to right) practiced for the first annual congressional horseshoe tournament held in May 1930. The victor, Congressman Fred G. Johnson, bested Albert H. Vestal and was awarded a set of silver-plated horseshoes.

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