- IHM.2021.0377
- Stuk
- [195-?]
Part of Recreation Collection
An unknown baseball team in a posed photograph. The team jerseys have the letter "D" on them.
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Part of Recreation Collection
An unknown baseball team in a posed photograph. The team jerseys have the letter "D" on them.
Charles Harris, Indian Head Rockets player
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Charles Harris standing in his Jacksonville Eagles uniform
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Richmond men inducted into Canadian Hall of Fame
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Printout of a newspaper article about Nat Bates and Willie Reed, former players (in 1952) of the Indian Head Rockets. Nat Bates traveled to Saskatchewan in August, 2022, to represent the Indian Head Rockets for their induction into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame (Battleford) and then traveled to Indian Head to visit the Indian Head Museum's new Rockets display and to speak to local residents, some of whom saw him play in 1952. Nat Bates was a right-handed pitcher.
Looking back to historic Indian Head Rockets
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Newspaper article written by Calvin Daniels
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Rockets once Ruled Indian Head - Weekender
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Leader Post article recounting the Rockets history breifly
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Indian Head Rockets Team Registrations - 1950 - 1952
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21 single-sided pages containing the lists of Rockets players from 1950 to 1952 as well as the contracts of the 1951 team.
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First Global World Series 1955 - Promotional Booklet
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Two copies of a 24-page magazine about the "First Global World Series" held in 1955 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. One is opened and one still sealed. The magazine contains an article about Jimmy E. Robison from Indian Head, then the Canadian Commissioner of Baseball . Canada was represented in the tournament by the Saskatoon Gems.
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Indian Head Rockets - Baseball Folder
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A folder with assorted documents about the Indian Head Rockets. It also includes tax forms. personal notes. correspondence. and other assorted paperwork. It has minutes from 1950s meetings concerning the management and organization of the Rockets.
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Indian Head Rockets with Trophy
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The Indian Head Rockets and their Coach after a baseball tournament with a trophy
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Charlie Robinson in his Rockets uniform
Crowd gathering for a baseball tournament
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A crowd gathering outside of the headquarters for a baseball tournament at Indian Head
Black Baseball Players in Canada - A Biographical Dictionary 1881-1960
Part of Book Collection
A 203-page softcover book with an alphabetically organized series of biographies of about 500 baseball players who played for various teams throughout Canada from 1881 to 1960. It includes many players of the barn-storming teams that played on the prairies during the 1950s, including the Indian Head Rockets. Writeups include: Nathaniel "Nat" Bates, who pitched for the Rockets in 1952 and visited Saskatchewan in 2022 for the induction of the Indian Head Rockets (1950-1954) into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in Battleford and for the opening off the Indian Head Rockets display at the Indian Head Museum; Elijah "Pumpsie" Green who also played for the Rockets and was the first black player on the Boston Red Sox. Many other Indian Head Rockets players are also included.
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Our Game Too - Influential Figures and Milestones in Canadian Baseball
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A 447-page softcover book about baseball in Canada. Contains a chapter - "Indian Head and Canada's Greatest Baseball Tournament 1947-55" - by Max Weder (pp. 386-396).
Ball game - adults in school yard #2
Same as GR4.011 but showing outfielders or runners on base. Woman at left in long light-coloured dress may be the pitcher? A better picture of small boys wearing knickers.
A group of kids play baseball on the Stewart & Smith School grounds. Photo taken facing northeast.