Kalamazoo Lassies Team photograph

Date1952

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of the 1952 Kalamazoo Lassies. The players, along with the manager and batgirl, are arranged in three rows - one sitting cross-legged (Jean "Grumpy" Lovell Dowler, Doris "Sammye" Sams, batgirl Carrie Hunt, Catherine "Swish" "Kay" Blumetta, Gloria "Cordie" Cordes Elliott, Jenny "Romey" Romatowski), one kneeling (Fern "Shelly" Shollenberger, Dorothy "Dottie" Naum Parker, Betty "B. F." Francis, Mary "Rabbit" Carey, Mary "Bonnie" George Baker, and Jean Malanowski Marlowe), and one standing (Agnes "Aggie" Allen, Elaine "E" Roth, Doris "Cookie" Cook, Ruth "Willie" Williams Heverly, Marguerite "Dolly" "Buttons" Pearson Tesseine, June "Lefty" Peppas, and manager Mitch Skupien). The nicknames of the players are written across their chests.

Object numberBL-1996-00861-007

Subject All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Subject Allen, Aggie, 1930-2012

Subject Roth, Elaine, 1929-2007

Subject Cook, Doris, 1931-

Subject Heverly, Ruth, 1926-2005

Subject Pearson, Dolly, 1932-2005

Subject Peppas, June, 1929-2016

Subject Shollenberger, Fern, 1923-1977

Subject Naum, Dottie, 1928-2008

Subject Francis, Betty, 1931-2016

Subject Carey, Mary, 1925-1977

Subject Baker, Mary, 1918-2003

Subject Marlowe, Jean, 1929-2007

Subject Lovell, Jean, 1926-1992

Subject Sams, Doris, 1927-2012

Subject Blumetta, Kay, 1923-1997

Subject Romatowski, Jenny, 1927-2014

Subject Skupien, Mitch

Subject Hunt, Carrie

Subject Kalamazoo Lassies (Baseball team)

Subject Elliott, Gloria, 1931-2018

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 004 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League photographic materials

Dimensions10 x 8 in.

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