Grand Rapids Chicks Team photograph

Date1945

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of the Grand Rapids Chicks team, with an unidentified man, standing on the stairs in front of a brick building. The players are arranged in three rows. The front row is, from left to right: unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Betty Whiting, and Ernestine "Teeny" Petras. The second row is, from left to right: Joyce Hill Westerman, Doris Tetzlaff, Alma Ziegler, unidentified, and Margaret Wenzell. The back row is, from left to right: Thelma "Tiby" Eisen, Dottie Hunter, unidentified, Philomena Gianfrancisco, unidentified, Connie Wisniewski. Based on the only year Margaret Wenzell played for the Grand Rapids Chicks, this photograph was taken in 1945.

Object numberBL-1998-03272-131

Subject Westerman, Joyce

Subject Ziegler, Alma, 1918-2005

Subject Hunter, Dottie, 1916-2005

Subject Wisniewski, Connie, 1922-1995

Subject Grand Rapids Chicks (Baseball team)

Subject All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 084 Connie Wisniewski photographic material

Dimensions9.5 x 7.5 in.

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