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Owls player jumping in the air, Seattle, circa 1938
The Owls Club was a Black women’s softball team formed the late 1930s in Seattle. The Owls won the first women’s Washington State Softball Championship in 1938, playing at Sick’s Stadium, today the site of Rainier Avenue Lowe’s. The team, renamed the Brown Bombers, won the championship again in 1939. Left-handed pitcher Lillian Brown struck out twelve batters on the…
ID Number:2014.49.19.01.02
Date:Circa 1938
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Evelyn Willliams standing at bat, Seattle, circa 1938
The Owls Club was a Black women’s softball team formed the late 1930s in Seattle. The Owls won the first women’s Washington State Softball Championship in 1938, playing at Sick’s Stadium, today the site of Rainier Avenue Lowe’s. The team, renamed the Brown Bombers, won the championship again in 1939. Left-handed pitcher Lillian Brown struck out twelve batters on the…
ID Number:2014.49.19.01.03
Date:Circa 1938
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Owls Club softball team posing near cars, Seattle, circa 1938
The Owls Club was a Black women’s softball team formed the late 1930s in Seattle. The Owls won the first women’s Washington State Softball Championship in 1938, playing at Sick’s Stadium, today the site of Rainier Avenue Lowe’s. The team, renamed the Brown Bombers, won the championship again in 1939. Left-handed pitcher Lillian Brown struck out twelve batters on the…
ID Number:2014.49.19.01.04
Date:Circa 1938
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Owls Club players and coaches, circa 1938
The Owls Club was a Black women’s softball team formed the late 1930s in Seattle. The Owls won the first women’s Washington State Softball Championship in 1938, playing at Sick’s Stadium, today the site of Rainier Avenue Lowe’s. The team, renamed the Brown Bombers, won the championship again in 1939. Left-handed pitcher Lillian Brown struck out twelve batters on the…
ID Number:2014.49.19.01.05
Date:Circa 1938
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Two Owls Club softball players at practice, circa 1938
The Owls Club was a Black women’s softball team formed the late 1930s in Seattle. The Owls won the first women’s Washington State Softball Championship in 1938, playing at Sick’s Stadium, today the site of Rainier Avenue Lowe’s. The team, renamed the Brown Bombers, won the championship again in 1939. Left-handed pitcher Lillian Brown struck out twelve batters on the…
ID Number:2014.49.19.01.06
Date:Circa 1938
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Two Owls softball players in car, circa 1938
The Owls Club was a Black women’s softball team formed the late 1930s in Seattle. The Owls won the first women’s Washington State Softball Championship in 1938, playing at Sick’s Stadium, today the site of Rainier Avenue Lowe’s. The team, renamed the Brown Bombers, won the championship again in 1939. Left-handed pitcher Lillian Brown struck out twelve batters on the…
ID Number:2014.49.19.01.07
Date:Circa 1938
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Owls Club women's softball team, circa 1938
The Owls Club was a Black women’s softball team formed the late 1930s in Seattle. The Owls won the first women’s Washington State Softball Championship in 1938, playing at Sick’s Stadium, today the site of Rainier Avenue Lowe’s. The team, renamed the Brown Bombers, won the championship again in 1939. Left-handed pitcher Lillian Brown struck out twelve batters on the…
ID Number:2014.49.19.01.08
Date:Circa 1938
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Owls Club women's softball team, circa 1938
The Owls Club was a Black women’s softball team formed the late 1930s in Seattle. The Owls won the first women’s Washington State Softball Championship in 1938, playing at Sick’s Stadium, today the site of Rainier Avenue Lowe’s. The team, renamed the Brown Bombers, won the championship again in 1939. Left-handed pitcher Lillian Brown struck out twelve batters on the…
ID Number:2014.49.19.01.09
Date:Circa 1938
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Owls Club women's softball team players, Seattle, circa 1938
The Owls Club was a Black women’s softball team formed the late 1930s in Seattle. The Owls won the first women’s Washington State Softball Championship in 1938, playing at Sick’s Stadium, today the site of Rainier Avenue Lowe’s. The team, renamed the Brown Bombers, won the championship again in 1939. Left-handed pitcher Lillian Brown struck out twelve batters on the…
ID Number:2014.49.19.01.10
Date:Circa 1938
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Ubangi Blackhawks football player, Seattle, circa 1937
The Ubangi Blackhawks, a predominantly Black semi-pro football team, played in Seattle's Community League in the 1930s. In 1937, their winning streak led them to win the league championship. This photo shows an unidentified Ubangi Blackhawks player posing in his uniform at the Civic Stadium. Caption information source: BlackPast.org: Campbell, B. (2007, January 22) Ubangi Blackhawks. Retrieved from https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/ubangi-blackhawks/
ID Number:2014.49.19.07c.01
Date:Circa 1937