Source: ROCKFORD MORNING STAR – August 3, 1941 – page 17
Photo from Rockford Public Library Photo Archives
A Digital Collection of Rockford, Illinois History
Source: ROCKFORD MORNING STAR – August 3, 1941 – page 17
Photo from Rockford Public Library Photo Archives
Source: Morning Star November 5, 1953 p.3
“‘On the Fly’ was the name of an 1867 tobacco product from R. J. White & Co. produced for the Base Ball Clubs of America.”
“Many of the New York City area base ball teams played their games at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, which is shown above from an 1859 issue of Harper’s Weekly.”
“By 1868 base ball had been embraced by the corporate world, including Stiefel & Co., manufacturers of the ‘Base Ball Collar.'”
Source: Journal of Illinois History, Winter 2012, pp. 252, 257, 262.
Source: Rockford Public Library Local History Archives-Business and Industry Collection
Source: Rockford Register Star, Alex Gary, July 10, 2019.
Pledges will make possible a new museum to honor the women of baseball, announces IWBC.
Source: Rockford Register Star, June 30, 2019
Source: Chicago Tribune, Nov. 18, 2018, Section 5, pp. 1,5