Scoreboard of Baseball Game between Ford All-Stars and United States Navy Great Lakes, Rotunda Field, Dearborn, Michigan, July 1944

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Artifact Overview

The Ford All-Stars defeated the visiting Great Lakes Naval Training Station Bluejackets 2-1 in a July 5, 1944, baseball match. Eight thousand fans came out to Ford's Rotunda Field to root on the hometown team. The All-Stars did not disappoint, winning on a ninth-inning home run and breaking the Bluejackets' 33-game winning streak.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

05 July 1944

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.80245

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)