Indianapolis Clowns Baseball Team

1958

Order Reproduction
Title
Indianapolis Clowns Baseball Team
Creator
Hightower, Frank R., Sr.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1958
Identifier
20240909-frh-0036
Source Identifier
202314.19.11.2.001
Description
Indianapolis Clowns baseball players performing at the Forbes Field. The Indianapolis Clowns were the longest lived team in the Negro American League, lasting from 1930 to 1989. The Clowns hold the distinction of being the first pro-baseball team to accept female members, "Toni" Stone (in 1953), Mamie "Peanut" Johnson (in 1954), and Connie Morgan (in 1954). Big names including Hank Aaron, "Goose" Tatum, and Paul Casanova began their careers with the team.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Persons
Baseball players
African American baseball players
Acrobatics
Folding chairs
Chairs
Indianapolis Clowns (Baseball team)
Geographic Subjects
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
Frank Russell Hightower Photograph Collection, 1940-1990
Collection
Frank Russell Hightower Photograph Collection
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Rights Information
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Rights Holder
Hightower, Frank R.