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African Zulu Cannibal Baseball Player With Glove Up

Citation

“African Zulu Cannibal Baseball Player With Glove Up,” Madison Historical, accessed November 22, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2086.

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Description

This is a black and white photograph of an unidentifed "African Zulu Cannibals" baseball player in a baseball field. The player is in the ready position, squatting with his glove in hand. There is a large building, potentially the Collinsivlle High School, and spectators in the stands in the background. The Collinsville Indians played the Zulu Cannibals in 1949 at the Collinsville High Schools baseball field.

Subjects

  • Inter-City Baseball League
  • Collinsville
  • baseball
  • sports

Contributor

  • Chase J., Wilma

Date

May 30, 1949

Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • jpg

Location

Collinsville, Illinois

Identifier

  • CHM-P-0155
  • Upper Level Photo Filing Cabinet Drawer 2
  • 2002.013.008m
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