Banker's Ball Team, 1930s

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Types

Photographs

Clippings

Description

Photo of the St. Marys Bankers' ball team taken in the 1930s. Seven of the men are wearing shirts with a money sign on them ($) with one man wearing a suit and tie. The man in the bottom row centre is holding two crossed baseball bats with a baseball in between (on the ground).

The men are identified as:
Rear (left to right) - D.G. Louch, Les Skipper, Cliff Brown, Joe Haney, Art Sweeey, Charles Ruch, Dade Birch

Front (left to right) - Tom O'Dea, Jack Anderson, Merritt Brown, Joe Riley, Jack Metcalfe.

Notes

Condition: Very good. The photo is on a stiff backing.

Newspaper clipping from the 1960s (St. Marys Journal Argus).

Inscriptions

WERE THEY REAL "MONEY PLAYERS"? - Many of our readers will recognize some of these faces from a Bankers' ball team of the 1930's. This is the first of a series of pictures from about 30 to 35 years ago which the Journal-Argus will be publishing as a regular feature for the next few months. In this picture, rear from left are D. G. Louch, Les Skipper, Clif Brown, Joe Haney, Art Sweeney, Charles Ruch, Dade Birch; Front from left, Tom O'Dea, Jack Anderson (deceased), Merritt Brown, Joe Riley, Jack Metcalfe.

Date Of Event

1930s

Dimensions

Width: 17.2 cm
Height: 12.3 cm

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 16.5cm
Image Height: 11.5cm

Subject(s)

Baseball
Group portraits
Sports

Local identifier

1532ph

Collection

St. Marys Museum photo collection.

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

St. Marys

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.25009 Longitude: -81.13304

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Recommended Citation

"Banker's Ball Team, 1930s." St. Marys Museum, 1532ph.

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