A Digital Collection of Rockford, Illinois History
“‘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 Morning Star December 28, 1940
Source: Rockford Register Star, November, 2019.
Source: Rockford Morning Star and Register Republic, Earl Wilson,1958.
Source: Rockford Morning Star, Jan. 3, 1940.
Source: Rockford Morning Star, Dec. 3, 1944.
Source: Register Republic, Jan. 27, 1944.
Source: Rockford Morning Star, November 16, 1915.
Source: Rockford Morning Star, Aug. 13, 1961.
Source: Rockford Morning Star, May 18, 1949.