Grand Rapids Chicks Team photograph
Date1949
DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of the 1949 Grand Rapids Chicks with a group of unidentified people. The players, dressed in plain clothes, are on the ground in two rows - one seated (unidentified, Connie Wisniewski, Alice Haylett, Lorraine Fisher Stevens, Marilyn "Curly" Olinger, Lavonne "Pepper" Paire Davis, Alma Ziegler, Ruth "Tex" Lessing, Earlene "Beans" Risinger, unidentified, Dorice Reid) and one crouched down (unidentified, Mildred Earp, Inez Voyce, Colleen Smith McCulloch, Jaynne Bittner, Mary Beschorner Baskovich, unidentified, Dottie Hunter, Doris Satterfield). The unidentified group accompanied by manager, Johnny Rawlings, stands behind them.
Object numberBL-1998-03272-130
Subject
Wisniewski, Connie, 1922-1995
Subject
Olinger, Marilyn, 1928-2006
Subject
Davis, Pepper Paire, 1924-2013
Subject
Ziegler, Alma, 1918-2005
Subject
Risinger, Earlene, 1927-2008
Subject
Reid, Dorrie, 1929-2017
Subject
Earp, Mid, 1925-
Subject
Voyce, Inez, 1924-
Subject
Bittner, Jaynne, 1926-2017
Subject
Hunter, Dottie, 1916-2005
Subject
Satterfield, Doris, 1926-1993
Classificationsphotographic materials
Collection NumberBA PHT 084 Connie Wisniewski photographic material
Dimensions9.5 x 7.5 in.
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Object number: BL-1996-02020-003
Ziegler, Alma, 1918-2005
1954
Object number: BL-1996-02020-005
Risinger, Earlene, 1927-2008
1953
Object number: BL-1998-03272-129
Hunter, Dottie, 1916-2005
1953
Object number: BL-1999-04364-03
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
1952
Object number: BL-1994-09123-01
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
1953 July
Object number: BL-1996-02020-007
Risinger, Earlene, 1927-2008
undated
Object number: BL-1998-03272-173
Satterfield, Doris, 1926-1993
between 1949 and 1951