Grand Rapids Chicks Team photograph

Date1946

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of 1946 Grand Rapids Chicks. The players, along with the manager and chaperone, are arranged in three rows. The front row is sitting with their hands on their knees and identified, from left to right as: Vera Whiteman, Yolande Tiellet, Ernestine "Teeny" Petras, Alma Ziegler, Betty Whiting, Pat Keagle, Philomena Gianfrancisco. The middle row is kneeling, from left to right: Evelyn Adams, Ruth "Tex" Lessing, Alice Haylett, Doris Tetzlaff, Elsie Wingrove, Thelma Grambo. The back row is standing, from left to right: chaperone Dottie Hunter, Mary Butcher Marsh, Twila "Twi" Shively, Connie Wisniewski, Audrey Haine Daniels, Thelma Childress Pedin, and manager Johnny Rawlings. The photo is dated based on when these players played for the Chicks.

Object numberBL-1998-03272-070

Subject Ziegler, Alma, 1918-2005

Subject Hunter, Dottie, 1916-2005

Subject Wisniewski, Connie, 1922-1995

Subject Grand Rapids Chicks (Baseball team)

Subject All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 084 Connie Wisniewski photographic material

Dimensions9.5 x 6.75 in.

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