[Baseball Team]

Description:

This picture shows a men's baseball team in Mineral Wells, but the identification of the team and the men are unknown.
Ike Zablosky (sometimes spelled Zabronski), a Russian immigrant, arrived in America in 1906. In Mineral Wells, he entered the fur- trading business, and is credited with naming the Possum Kingdom area when a customer inquired about some premium pelts. Zablosky replied that he had none at the time, but "when my boys return from the possum kingdom, I'm sure they will have some."
In Mineral Wells, Zablosky operated a class C professional league baseball team (the Resorters). Later when he moved to Dallas, he became owner of the first professional baseball team in Dallas.
The Chicago White Sox are known to have held their Spring Traing camp in Mineral Wells in 1911, and again in a three year stretch of 1916, 1917, 1nd 1918. It has not been established if the players in this picture are part of the Resorters or White Sox.
Creator(s): Unknown
Location(s): United States - Texas - Palo Pinto County - Mineral Wells
Creation Date: Unknown
Partner(s):
Boyce Ditto Public Library
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Collection(s):
A. F. Weaver Collection
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[Baseball Team]
Original Creation Date: Unknown
Coverage:
Place
United States - Texas - Palo Pinto County - Mineral Wells
Era
New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
Description:

This picture shows a men's baseball team in Mineral Wells, but the identification of the team and the men are unknown.
Ike Zablosky (sometimes spelled Zabronski), a Russian immigrant, arrived in America in 1906. In Mineral Wells, he entered the fur- trading business, and is credited with naming the Possum Kingdom area when a customer inquired about some premium pelts. Zablosky replied that he had none at the time, but "when my boys return from the possum kingdom, I'm sure they will have some."
In Mineral Wells, Zablosky operated a class C professional league baseball team (the Resorters). Later when he moved to Dallas, he became owner of the first professional baseball team in Dallas.
The Chicago White Sox are known to have held their Spring Traing camp in Mineral Wells in 1911, and again in a three year stretch of 1916, 1917, 1nd 1918. It has not been established if the players in this picture are part of the Resorters or White Sox.
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Partner:
Boyce Ditto Public Library
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Collection:
A. F. Weaver Collection
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Identifier:
  • LOCAL-CONT-NO: AWO_0248N
  • ARK: ark:/67531/metapth16258
Resource Type: Photograph
Format: Image
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Access: Public