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Julius Leo Mack, Jr. in his baseball uniform: Jacksonville,
Florida (1910)
Image Number: MS25356
Played for the Jacksonville Tarpons of the South Atlantic
League. He had a batting average of .235.
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Joe DiMaggio showing three year old Larry Valencourt how to
hold a bat: West Palm Beach, Florida (1948)
Image Number: C009044
Photographed at Bill McGowan's Umpire School in West Palm
Beach.
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Outfielder Elson Konzen grabs a high one at Baseball School:
Tampa, Florida (1948)
Image Number: C009327
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Pirate player at the Pittsburgh-Baltimore exhibition game
chatting with general manager Branch Rickey (1955)
Image Number: PR00655
This is Wolfson Park in Jacksonville, Florida. The park
(which was home to a AA Minor League team, the Jacksonville
Suns) opened in 1955- therefore this was one of the first
games played at the park.
Mr. Rickey was responsible for getting Jackie Robinson signed
to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945.
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Major league baseball players at Stetson University (1913)
Image Number: N048893
L-R: Chicago Cubs pitcher Lew Richie, Boston Braves outfielder
Jim Murray, Chicago Cubs catcher Jimmy Archer and Chicago Cubs
OF/1B Bill Hinchman. |
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Phil Rizzuto, N.Y. Yankees bunting wonder, illustrates
his unusual bunting “twist” before boys on bench: Bartow,
Florida (1948)
Image Number: C009190
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African American young men posing for baseball: Apalachicola,
Florida (1895)
Image Number: C009190
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New York Yankees’ spring training camp: St. Petersburg,
Florida (1934)
Image Number: RC13512
L-R Lou Gehrig, Dick Mayes (fan from Brooksville, FL ) and
Babe Ruth.
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Rawls Bond, Tallahassee baseball team member (1931)
Image Number: N046148
Back row (last on right): Martin Segal. Bat boy/mascot: George
Wolly, age 12.
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Ted Williams signing a baseball for Navy personnel: Panama
City, Florida (ca. 1943)
Image Number: RC13782
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John Henry “Pop” Lloyd
Image Number: N/A
Born April 25, 1884 in Palatka, Florida. Lloyd was a manager
and player in the Negro leagues from 1905 to 1932. He was
voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977. Lloyd was a
celebrated shortstop and thought by many to be the greatest
baseball player of all time.
The photo shows Lloyd in Cuba wearing the uniform of the
Habana Leones (Havana Lions).
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Baseball game against a Jasonville team at the WWI veterans
labor camp: Welaka, Florida (1935)
Image Number: N044505
The camp was comprised of World War I veterans (hence "Veterans
Camp.") They were constructing the Welaka Fish Hatchery
for the Federal Government, as well as an aviary and a
municipal
airport. Not clear if it is a CCC or a Resettlement Administration
camp.
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Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle: Florida (1962)
Image Number: C038078 |
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Boys playing baseball at Boynton playground (1935)
Image Number: N028344 |
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Baseball Hall of Famer Fred Lindstrom with his son Andy:
Tallahassee, Florida (1936)
Image Number: MF0442
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Florida Governor Bob Graham wearing a New York Yankees uniform
(1980)
Image Number: PT00706
New York Yankee ace pitcher, Ron Guidry, left, and Florida
Governor Bob Graham converse about the finer arts of pitching.
The Yankees were in town for a baseball game with the Florida
State University Seminoles. The game was called because of
rain after only one inning with the score 9 to 0 in favor
of the Yankees.
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Bitsy Mott, left, instructor, Ben Podolsky, of Philadelphia,
demonstrates hook slide: Tampa, Florida (1948)
Image Number: C009381
Elisha Matthew "Bitsy" Mott was born on June 12, 1918. He
played one year of professional baseball with the Philadelphia
Phillies in 1945 and later became a personal security guard
to Elvis Presley.
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Miami-Dade Community College North Campus student Warren
Cromartie signing with the Montreal Expos baseball team (1973)
Image Number: PR23549
Standing with Cromartie are Mel Dider and Dr. Demie Mainieri.
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Baseball players: Gainesville, Florida (not after 1900)
Image Number: RC06081 |
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Red Barber sitting with friends before a baseball game (1949)
Image Number: PR11614
Red Barber (R), sitting with Pee Wee Reese and Burt Shotten
at Ebbetts field for a Dodgers/Pirates game.
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Governor Claude Kirk throwing out the first ball for a baseball
game: Fort Myers, Florida (1969)
Image Number: C65000-59
Shown after a baseball luncheon with the Kansas City Royals
and Montreal Expos.
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Charlie Keller demonstrating home run swing at Baseball
School: Bartow, Florida (1948)
Image Number: C009199
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Minor league batting champ Neal Cobb signing baseball for
fan: Crestview, Florida (1955)
Image Number: C021310
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New York Mets pitcher Ed Lynch at Burger King baseball clinic
held at Miami-Dade Community College: Miami, Florida (1982)
Image Number: PR22045
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