President Carter invited Hank Aaron to meet with him at the White House after breaking Babe Ruth’s Major League Baseball home run record.
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President Carter invited Hank Aaron to meet with him at the White House after breaking Babe Ruth’s Major League Baseball home run record.
This primary source comes from the Collection JC-WHSP: White House Staff Photographers Collection.
National Archives Identifier: 180806
Full Citation: C-07030-09; Jimmy Carter with Hank Aaron in the Oval Office; 8/15/1978; President Carter with Hank Aaron; Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Photographs , 1/20/1977 – 1/20/1981; Collection JC-WHSP: White House Staff Photographers Collection,; Jimmy Carter Library, Atlanta, GA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/jimmy-carter-hank-aaron/, April 2, 2026]
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