Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher John Candelaria receiving award from D. L. Clark Company executives commemorating no-hitter

August 1976

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Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher John Candelaria receiving award from D. L. Clark Company executives commemorating no-hitter
  • Title
  • Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher John Candelaria receiving award from D. L. Clark Company executives commemorating no-hitter
  • Date
  • August 1976
  • Identifier
  • 20180128-hpichswp-0002
  • Source Identifier
  • MSS_640_B001_F001_I03
  • Description
  • D. L. Clark Company executives presenting Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher John Candelaria with award commemorating his no-hitter on August 9, 1976. Candelaria was the first Pittsburgh Pirate since 1907 to pitch a no-hitter at home. Candelaria achieved the no-hitter on the first ever "Candy Night" at Three Rivers Stadium against the Lose Angeles Dodgers. During this promotion, the D. L. Clark Candy Company distributed 10,000 free candy bars to fans at the stadium. Throughout his career, Candelaria was often referred to as the "Candy Man."
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • D. L. Clark Company.
    Candelaria, John.
    Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team).
    Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • D. L. Clark Candy Company Records, 1923-1992, MSS 640, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • D. L. Clark Company Papers and Photographs
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