Baseball game, Squirrel Island, early 1900s
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Item 9449
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Squirrel Island residents enjoy a baseball game pitting their own island team against a mainland team from the Boothbay area.
The wooden bleachers along the first base line were erected in the late 1890s, a gift of Albert H. Davenport, and were torn down around the time of the first World War.
Other Information
- Title: Baseball game, Squirrel Island, early 1900s
- Creator: McDougall
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Local Name: Squirrel Island
- Town: Southport
- County: Lincoln
- State: ME
- Media: Black & White Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 8.5 x 13.5
- Local Code: PC 1, #4
- Collection: Raymond W. Stanley Collection
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Stanley Museum
40 School Street, PO BOX 77, Kingfield, ME 04947
(207) 265-2729
http://www.stanleymuseum.org
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LC Subject Headings
Baseball--Maine--Southport--Squirrel Island
Baseball players--Maine--Southport--Squirrel Island
Spectators--Maine--Southport--Squirrel Island
Other Keywords
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baseline
bases
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