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Maybelle Blair - Baseball
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Maybelle poses for a picture during the late 1940s.
Where:
Los Angeles, CA
When:
1940s
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Maybelle Blair’s baseball card, chronicling her stint in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1948. She played for the Peoria Redwings.
Where:
Peoria, Illinois
When:
1948
Ownership:
This image is considered to be in the public domain.
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Maybelle Blair and Shirley Burkovich. The two travel the country, reminiscing about their AAGPB experiences and promoting the development of a new woman’s baseball league.
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When:
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Maybelle Blair takes up her batting stance during an event at MCU Park in Brooklyn, New York on July 1, 2017. The park is the home of the Brooklyn Cyclones.
Where:
Brooklyn, New York
When:
July 1, 2017
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Maybelle Blair takes up her batter’s stance during a visit to historic Fenway Park during the Memorial Day weekend in May, 2017.
Where:
Fenway Park
When:
May, 2017
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Maybelle Blair had her picture taken with Geena Davis, star of the 1992 film League of Their Own, at the Bentonville, Arkansas Film Festival in May, 2017.
Where:
Bentonville, Arkansas
When:
May, 2017
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Maybelle Blair was an inspiration to the young girls sitting in the bleachers as she told them about her time in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. The event took place at Boston’s Fenway Park in May, 2017.
Where:
Fenway Park
When:
May, 2017
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Maybelle Blair, with baseball in hand while wearing a well-weathered glove, beams for the camera at an event in 2017.
Where:
Unknown
When:
2017
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