Julius Leo Mack, Jr. in his baseball uniform: Jacksonville, Florida (1910)

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Played for the Jacksonville Tarpons of the South Atlantic League. He had a batting average of .235.

Joe DiMaggio showing three year old Larry Valencourt how to hold a bat: West Palm Beach, Florida (1948)

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Photographed at Bill McGowan's Umpire School in West Palm Beach

Outfielder Elson Konzen grabs a high one at Baseball School: Tampa, Florida (1948)

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Pirate player at the Pittsburgh-Baltimore exhibition game chatting with general manager Branch Rickey (1955)

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This is Wolfson Park in Jacksonville, Florida. The park (which was home to a AA Minor League team, the Jacksonville Suns) opened in 1955- therefore this was one of the first games played at the park.

Mr. Rickey was responsible for getting Jackie Robinson signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945.

Major league baseball players at Stetson University (1913)

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L-R: Chicago Cubs pitcher Lew Richie, Boston Braves outfielder Jim Murray, Chicago Cubs catcher Jimmy Archer and Chicago Cubs OF/B Bill Hinchman.

Phil Rizzuto, N.Y. Yankees bunting wonder, illustrates his unusual bunting "twist" before boys on bench: Bartow, Florida (1948)

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African American young men posing for baseball: Apalachicola, Florida (1895)

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New York Yankees' spring training camp: St. Petersburg, Florida (1934)

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L-R Lou Gehrig, Dick Mayes (fan from Brooksville, FL ) and Babe Ruth.

Rawls Bond, Tallahassee baseball team member (ca. 1920s)

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Ted Williams signing a baseball for Navy personnel: Panama City, Florida (ca. 1943)

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John Henry "Pop" Lloyd

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Born April 25, 1884 in Palatka, Florida. Lloyd was a manager and player in the Negro leagues from 1905 to 1932. He was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977. Lloyd was a celebrated shortstop and thought by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time.

The photo shows Lloyd in Cuba wearing the uniform of the Habana Leones (Havana Lions).

Baseball game against a Jasonville team at the WWI veterans labor camp: Welaka, Florida (1935)

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The camp was comprised of World War I veterans (hence "Veterans Camp.") They were constructing the Welaka Fish Hatchery for the Federal Government, as well as an aviary and a municipal airport. Not clear if it is a CCC or a Resettlement Administration camp.

Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle (1962)

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Photographed in Yankee Stadium. Roger Maris later settled in Gainesville to run his Budweiser beer distributorship in the 1970s and 1980s

Boys playing baseball at Boynton playground (1935)

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Baseball Hall of Famer Fred Lindstrom with his son Andy: Tallahassee, Florida (1936)

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Florida Governor Bob Graham wearing a New York Yankees uniform (1980)

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New York Yankee ace pitcher, Ron Guidry, left, and Florida Governor Bob Graham converse about the finer arts of pitching. The Yankees were in town for a baseball game with the Florida State University Seminoles. The game was called because of rain after only one inning with the score 9 to 0 in favor of the Yankees.

Bitsy Mott, left, instructor, Ben Podolsky, of Philadelphia, demonstrates hook slide: Tampa, Florida (1948)

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Elisha Matthew "Bitsy" Mott was born on June 12, 1918. He played one year of professional baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1945 and later became a personal security guard to Elvis Presley.

Miami-Dade Community College North Campus student Warren Cromartie signing with the Montreal Expos baseball team (1973)

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Standing with Cromartie are Mel Dider and Dr. Demie Mainieri.

Baseball players: Gainesville, Florida (not after 1900)

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Red Barber sitting with friends before a baseball game (1949)

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Red Barber (R), sitting with Pee Wee Reese and Burt Shotten at Ebbetts field for a Dodgers/Pirates game.

Governor Claude Kirk throwing out the first ball for a baseball game: Fort Myers, Florida (1969)

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Shown after a baseball luncheon with the Kansas City Royals and Montreal Expos.

Charlie Keller demonstrating home run swing at Baseball School: Bartow, Florida (1948)

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Minor league batting champ Neal Cobb signing baseball for fan: Crestview, Florida (1955)

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New York Mets pitcher Ed Lynch at Burger King baseball clinic held at Miami-Dade Community College: Miami, Florida (1982)

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