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Portland Beavers baseball players 1949

Y-490728-01. Portland Beavers in their Vaughn Stadium locker room. July 28, 1949. Caption published in the Oregonian July 31, 1949 pg. 34: "Discordant notes are foreign to the Portland Baseball club, with the Beavers all pulling together in their spirited drive for the first division. The above picture gives an idea of the existing harmony. Eddie Basinski, the Yehudi Menuhin of the diamond, provides the music on his violin while, from left, Art Pennington, Frankie Austin and Luis Marquez, Beaver Negro stars, give out with with vocal tune befitting present league standing."

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Image Size: 7862x6010 / 90.2MB; 1949 4x5" original negative NW Portland Oregon Portland Beavers. Vaughn St. Stadium Portland Black History Slabtown neighborhood baseball integration Eddie Basinski Art Pennington Frankie Austin Luis Marquez
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Y-490728-01. Portland Beavers in their Vaughn Stadium locker room. July 28, 1949. Caption published in the Oregonian July 31, 1949 pg. 34: "Discordant notes are foreign to the Portland Baseball club, with the Beavers all pulling together in their spirited drive for the first division. The above picture gives an idea of the existing harmony. Eddie Basinski, the Yehudi Menuhin of the diamond, provides the music on his violin while, from left, Art Pennington, Frankie Austin and Luis Marquez, Beaver Negro stars, give out with with vocal tune befitting present league standing."