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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, signing autographs from a train car during a stopover in Madison.
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Eddie Mathews, Jr. at the Plate

Date: 09 07 1958
Description: Three-year-old Edwin Lee Mathews, Jr., dressed in a "Milwaukee Braves" uniform, takes a swing at a baseball. He is the son of Braves' Hall of Fame third ba...
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Baseball Game at Tractor Works

Date: 1924
Description: Baseball game at Tractor Works, an International Harvester factory.
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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, standing in the doorway of a train car and signing autographs.
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Cub Cadet at Wrigley Field

Date: 1974
Description: Man driving an International Cub Cadet at Wrigley Field. The lawn tractor was used for grounds keeping at Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs.
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Meet the Astros' Families Night

Date: 09 01 1966
Description: Original caption reads: "A bevy of International Scouts recently helped the Houston Sports Association introduce the families of Astros baseball players to...
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Vel Phillips at Bat

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Description: Vel Phillips grips the bat and ducks as the ball is pitched at a baseball game. The catcher is on the right. Chain link fencing, a bicycle and a residentia...
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Vel Phillips Pitching a Baseball

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a baseball glove, hat and a sweatshirt that reads "Milwaukee Commando NAACP Youth Council" pitching a baseball. In the background sta...
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Louise Beavers and Jackie Robinson

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Description: Actors Louise Beavers and Jackie Robinson are looking at a script together during the production of 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." They are on a ba...
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Mickey Cochrane

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Description: Portrait of baseball player Mickey Cochrane. He is wearing the uniform of the Philadelphia Athletics, and a baseball cap. Cochrane has one hand on his hip ...
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Tense Moment

Date: 1956
Description: A tense moment in a night baseball game played at the Dorothy Enderis Playground. Two men are standing and watching the game through the chain link fence.
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Spring

Date: 1964
Description: A boy, seen from back right side, is walking towards an athletic field with his both arms holding a bat across his shoulders.
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Baseball Captains

Date: 1970
Description: Two young boys are deciding whose team will bat first. In sand lot baseball, when deciding which team bats first, one player tosses a bat up in the air. A ...
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Equipment Manager

Date: 1976
Description: A boy is walking towards the camera carrying three bats, a baseball mitt and a baseball. His shirt displays the number 35 or 85.
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Infield Traffic Jam

Date: 1976
Description: Two Milwaukee Brewer's baseball players colliding in midair. Player #19 is Robin Yount and the other player is second baseman Pedro Garcia.
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Sixto Lezcano Signing Fan's Cast

Date: 1979
Description: Sixto Lezcano signing a young fan's cast at Milwaukee County Stadium. The boy's tee-shirt has Sixto's portrait on it. Lezcano spent six seasons with the Mi...

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