Squirrel Island Baseball Team, ca. 1906

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Squirrel Island Baseball Team, ca. 1906

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Baseball was a prominent sport on Squirrel Island in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Squirrel Island team was made up of summer residents and collegiate stars from a number of Ivy League schools.

Other ballplayers came from the Sockalexis Clan of the Penobscot Nation, who occupied a seasonal fishing encampment on the island.

Louis Sockalexis of Old Town, the first Native American to play professional baseball, and a cousin, Joseph Sockalexis, were once teamates on the Squirrel Island baseball team.

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About This Item

  • Title: Squirrel Island Baseball Team, ca. 1906
  • Creation Date: circa 1906
  • Subject Date: circa 1906
  • Location: Squirrel Island, Southport, Lincoln County, ME
  • Media: Photographic print
  • Dimensions: 8.5 cm x 13.5 cm
  • Local Code: PC 1, #4
  • Collection: Raymond W. Stanley Collection
  • Object Type: Image

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