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| Title | Sports broadcaster Leo Lassen, Seattle, ca. 1932 |
| Photographer | McBride & Anderson Photographers |
| Date | ca. 1932 |
| Caption | Leo Lassen was a well-known Seattle sportscaster and writer. From 1931 to 1958, Lassen was the radio voice of the Seattle Indians and the Seattle Rainiers baseball teams. Some sports announcers used artificial sound effects while they gave the play-by-play, but Lassen didn't believe in doing this. Lassen did some of the broadcasts from Seattle ice hockey games and University of Washington basketball games.
This photo, probably taken in the 1930s, shows Seattle radio sportscaster Leo Lassen. In addition to his sports broadcasts, Lassen wrote a regular sports column for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. |
| Notes | Typed on sleeve: Leo Lassen, well-known broadcaster and baseball announcer for the Indians and Rainiers. 1931-1958. He was a foremost authority on baseball.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Radio broadcasting--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sportswriters--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Lassen, Leo |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | SHS17300 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Historical Society Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 5 x 7 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from copy print as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
