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Photo of Gene Swartz in uniform
Herald and Review Library: Swartz, Gene; Article on back of photo; "Puerto Rico hasn't been very prominent in the war news but the Yanks are there and prepared, according to Gene Swartz who is back on furlough, anxious to witness some cage games.…
Tags: Baseball, Decatur IL., Navy, Porto Rico, World War II, WWII
Walter "Boom Boom" Beck
Photograph of Walter "Boom Boom" Beck on the baseball field.
Walter Beck
Photograph of Walter Beck in a baseball stadium.
Walter "Boom Boom" Beck
Photograph of Walter "Boom Boom" Beck in his Phillies uniform.
Eugene Earl Thompson, Jr.
Photograph of Eugene Earl Thompson, Jr. pitching a baseball. "Eugene Earl Thompson, Jr. Cincinatti Reds' pitcher, bats and throws right-handed; height 6'1", weight 185; born June 7, 1917 at Latham, IL., now resides at Decatur, IL. Played with…
Photos of Crowds Watching the World Series Game 1917
Photographs of Crowds Watching the World Series in 1917 (10/7/1917).
Photograph of Edward Platt and Lawrence L. Gibbons
Photograph of Fire Chief Edward Platt and head of detectives Lawrence L. Gibbons as Chief Platt claims the trophy as a token of his department having won the annual firemen-policemen baseball game.
Photograph of a Baseball Meeting
Photograph taken on August 23rd of 1944 of a group of men at a baseball meeting.
Tags: 1944, Baseball, Decatur IL, Group, Meeting, Photo File: Recreation, Recreation, Sport, Sports
Photographs of Fans Field
Photographs of Fans Field during the 1950's and 1960's.
Tags: 1950's, 1960's, Baseball, Decatur IL, Fans, Fans Field, field, Herald and Review, Photo File: Recreation, Recreation, Sport, Sports
Photograph of Commissioner of Baseball Kenesaw Landis at Fans Field
Photograph of Kenesaw Landis with a group of men at Fans Field in Decatur IL. Landis was the first appointed Commissioner of Baseball in 1920 and served until his death in 1944.
Tags: Baseball, commissioner, Decatur IL, Fans, Fans Field, field, Kenesaw Landis, Landis, Photo File: Recreation, Recreation, Sport, Sports