Battle Creek Belles Team photograph

Date1952

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of the 1952 Battle Creek Belles. The players, along with their manager, are arranged in three rows - one sitting cross-legged (Gloria Schweigerdt, Ruth Middleton Gentry, Noella Leduc Alverson), one kneeling/sitting in chairs (Margaret "Maggie" Russo Jones, Marjorie "Marge" Pieper, Jane Moffet, Jean Cione, Josephine Hasham, Rita Briggs), and one standing (Donna Cook, Ernestine "Teeny" Petras, Mirtha "Mita" Marrero Fernandez, Betty Whiting, Mary Moore, Marilyn Jones Doxey, Nancy Mudge Cato, manager Joseph "Joe" Cooper). A scoreboard can be seen behind them.

Object numberBL-1999-04332-002

Subject All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Subject Marrero, Mita, 1930-

Subject Jones, Marilyn, 1927-2015

Subject Mudge, Nancy, 1929-2012

Subject Moore, Mary, 1932-

Subject Pieper, Marge, 1922-2008

Subject Cione, Jean, 1928-2010

Subject Briggs, Rita, 1929-1994

Subject Schweigerdt, Gloria, 1934-2010

Subject Battle Creek Belles (Baseball team)

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

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

Dimensions10 x 8 in.

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