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- 1967 St. Louis Cardinals Team Photo - Members of the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals World Series championship team along with other major league players autographed this photograph. The photo belonged to the Cardinal's Gold Glove outfielder Curt Flood. A few years after this championship victory, Flood challenged baseball's Reserve Clause -- a team's right to restrict the movement of players and to control player salaries. His actions eventually led to today's free agency.
- 1967
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1967 St. Louis Cardinals Team Photo
Members of the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals World Series championship team along with other major league players autographed this photograph. The photo belonged to the Cardinal's Gold Glove outfielder Curt Flood. A few years after this championship victory, Flood challenged baseball's Reserve Clause -- a team's right to restrict the movement of players and to control player salaries. His actions eventually led to today's free agency.
- Portrait of Orlando Cepeda, Inscribed to Curt Flood in 1985 - Future Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda inscribed this photograph to "a very special friend", Curt Flood. Cepeda and Flood had played on the St. Louis Cardinals' 1967 World Series championship team. A few years later, Flood refused to be traded and challenged baseball's Reserve Clause -- a team's right to restrict the movement of players and to control player salaries. His actions eventually led to today's free agency.
- 1958-1966
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Portrait of Orlando Cepeda, Inscribed to Curt Flood in 1985
Future Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda inscribed this photograph to "a very special friend", Curt Flood. Cepeda and Flood had played on the St. Louis Cardinals' 1967 World Series championship team. A few years later, Flood refused to be traded and challenged baseball's Reserve Clause -- a team's right to restrict the movement of players and to control player salaries. His actions eventually led to today's free agency.
- Magazine, "Sports Illustrated" Issue Featuring Curt Flood, August 19, 1968 - Curt Flood was a gold-glove, all-star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1960s. In 1969, Flood challenged the Major League Baseball's reserve clause by refusing to be traded. Owners used the reserve clause to restrict the movement of players from team to team and to control player salaries. Though Flood lost, his stand for players rights eventually led to baseball's free agency.
- August 19, 1968
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Magazine, "Sports Illustrated" Issue Featuring Curt Flood, August 19, 1968
Curt Flood was a gold-glove, all-star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1960s. In 1969, Flood challenged the Major League Baseball's reserve clause by refusing to be traded. Owners used the reserve clause to restrict the movement of players from team to team and to control player salaries. Though Flood lost, his stand for players rights eventually led to baseball's free agency.
- Copy of a Letter from Curt Flood to Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn Requesting Free Agency, December 24, 1969 - In 1969, Curt Flood, all-star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, decided to challenge Major League Baseball's Reserve Clause in the U.S. Supreme Court. The reserve clause was the key tool that owners used to restrict the movement of players from team to team and to control player salaries. Flood lost. But his actions put in motion changes that led to baseball's free agency a few years later.
- December 24, 1969
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Copy of a Letter from Curt Flood to Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn Requesting Free Agency, December 24, 1969
In 1969, Curt Flood, all-star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, decided to challenge Major League Baseball's Reserve Clause in the U.S. Supreme Court. The reserve clause was the key tool that owners used to restrict the movement of players from team to team and to control player salaries. Flood lost. But his actions put in motion changes that led to baseball's free agency a few years later.
- Baseball Uniform, Worn by Harry B. Mosley, circa 1920 - Recreational sports leagues have been an important part of work life from the late 1800s to the present. Company-sponsored teams are thought to provide good advertising as well as a way to have employees "play hard" and work hard. This well-worn uniform was used by a Lincoln Motor Company worker in the greater Detroit area in the 1920s.
- circa 1920
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Baseball Uniform, Worn by Harry B. Mosley, circa 1920
Recreational sports leagues have been an important part of work life from the late 1800s to the present. Company-sponsored teams are thought to provide good advertising as well as a way to have employees "play hard" and work hard. This well-worn uniform was used by a Lincoln Motor Company worker in the greater Detroit area in the 1920s.
- Round Oak Baseball Club, Dowagiac, Michigan, 1888 - The Round Oak Stove Company in Dowagiac, Michigan, thrived at the turn of the 20th century. Round Oak founder Philo D. Beckwith shared this success with his employees and the surrounding community. Among other philanthropic activities, Beckwith held dances, organized a band, and built a theatre. Here is Dowagiac's semi-professional baseball team, also sponsored by Round Oak.
- May 24, 1888
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Round Oak Baseball Club, Dowagiac, Michigan, 1888
The Round Oak Stove Company in Dowagiac, Michigan, thrived at the turn of the 20th century. Round Oak founder Philo D. Beckwith shared this success with his employees and the surrounding community. Among other philanthropic activities, Beckwith held dances, organized a band, and built a theatre. Here is Dowagiac's semi-professional baseball team, also sponsored by Round Oak.
- Curt Flood with Stan Musial, Bob Gibson, Marty Marion, Connie Mack and Others at a Dinner Function, circa 1975 -
- circa 1975
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Curt Flood with Stan Musial, Bob Gibson, Marty Marion, Connie Mack and Others at a Dinner Function, circa 1975
- Chicago White Sox Players Tour the Willow Run Bomber Plant, June 1943 - Players from the Chicago White Sox baseball team toured Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant on June 11, 1943. At peak production, the factory completed one B-24 Liberator airplane every 63 minutes. Americans considered it an industrial marvel. Other famous visitors to the plant included filmmaker Walt Disney and newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.
- June 11, 1943
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Chicago White Sox Players Tour the Willow Run Bomber Plant, June 1943
Players from the Chicago White Sox baseball team toured Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant on June 11, 1943. At peak production, the factory completed one B-24 Liberator airplane every 63 minutes. Americans considered it an industrial marvel. Other famous visitors to the plant included filmmaker Walt Disney and newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.
- World War II Poster, "What is an American?," 1941 -
- 1941
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World War II Poster, "What is an American?," 1941
- Detroit Tigers Arrive at Spring Training Camp in Lakeland, Florida, March 1941 -
- March 14, 1941
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Detroit Tigers Arrive at Spring Training Camp in Lakeland, Florida, March 1941