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
Allen, Aggie, 1930-2012
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Roth, Elaine, 1929-2007
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Cook, Doris, 1931-
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Heverly, Ruth, 1926-2005
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Pearson, Dolly, 1932-2005
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Peppas, June, 1929-2016
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Shollenberger, Fern, 1923-1977
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Naum, Dottie, 1928-2008
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Francis, Betty, 1931-2016
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Carey, Mary, 1925-1977
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Baker, Mary, 1918-2003
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Marlowe, Jean, 1929-2007
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Lovell, Jean, 1926-1992
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Sams, Doris, 1927-2012
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Blumetta, Kay, 1923-1997
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Romatowski, Jenny, 1927-2014
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Skupien, Mitch
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Hunt, Carrie
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Elliott, Gloria, 1931-2018
Classificationsphotographic materials
Collection NumberBA PHT 004 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League photographic materials
Dimensions10 x 8 in.
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