Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Chittenden, Vermont Directory 1882-83: Search it for Free

The folks at worldvitalrecords.com have added the Gazetteer and Business Directory of Chittenden, Vermont 1882-1883, containing more than 17,700 records of people in Chittenden, Vermont between 1882 and 1883. This database lists name, profession and address.

While this database is part of a subscription package, you can search it for free for the next 10 days - through February 8. Start your search.

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Decatur High School, Decatur, Illinois Basketball Team 1929

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In the photograph: Asst. Coach Ward, ____ Campbell, ____ Derlitzki, ____ Doolen, Louis Pryde, Harry Blackburn, ____ Lackey, ____ Shaffer, Coach Gay Kintner, Howard Garver, Lloyd Baird, Frankie Larson, John Hanson, Everett Cassell, John Stuckey, Raymond Rex, C. Porter, D. Birkett, James Johnson, Harold Potts, ____ Hiser

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Glens Falls High School, Glens Falls, New York Football Team 1921

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In the photograph: Potter, Benway, Akins, Sprague, Eisenberg, Wilcox, Skane, Culver, Wiley, Williams, Smith, Dolan, Allen and Bullock.

Athletic Director - Fitch Bullard.

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Friday, January 26, 2007

Erskine Family Photos Find Their Way Home

From Alaska to California

KODIAK -- An interesting piece of Kodiak history was uncovered last fall by unsuspecting California genealogist Trevor Thomas. Thomas attended a Gold Rush Days festival in Old Sacramento, Calif., on Labor Day weekend. While observing a display about basket weaving, he noticed a set of two framed old photos..... tracing to Kodiak's historic Erskine House.

When Thomas later extracted the photos from the frame, he noticed writing on the back of the 3-by-5 inch portraits: the names Wilbur Fiske Erskine, shown, and Maria Julia Erskine.

He then set out to find the Erskine family to return the photos...

Read full article from the Anchorage Daily News

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Chaney High School, Youngstown, Ohio All Star Girls Basketball Team 1929-30

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In the photograph: Elizabeth Bundash, Carmel Carrozzino, Marjorie Carrozzino, Anna Marie Cover, Frances Ensley, Merkie Ensley, Helen Gondol, Anna Pagac, Rose Pietra, Jean Russell, Mary Sostaric, Alberta Taylor, Elizabeth Traut, Helen Williams, Biz Wire, Ethel Wyosky
The coach was Miss Grace Bruce.

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Clinton High School, Clinton, MA Class of 1931

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In the photograph (in alphabetical order): George Elliot Barnes, David Norman Bedrick, Helen Margaret Boerner, Helen Patricia Boisoneau, Irene Crevier Brennan, Alice Rita Brodrick, Mary Therese Burgoyne, Mae Delia Burgwinkle, Anne Frances Burke, Francis Campbell Burke, Gerald Francis Carlisle, James Joseph Carr, Herman William Chandler, Agnes Teresa Conlon, Margaret Domitilla Conlon, Margaret Rita Connelly, Albert Edward Conti, John Bernard Coyle, Harold Joseph Dunn, George Ryan Fairbanks, John Leo Fallon, Anna Rita Flaherty, Evelyn Elizabeth Flaherty, Bernice Valeria Genakis, Joseph Michael Genakis, Edward Anthony Gibbons, Dorothy Elva Gibbs, James Fred Gleason, Russell West Goss, Janet Martha Haskins, William Francis Heagney, Edwin Hendrickson, Herbert Hoffman, James Douglas Holland, Mabel Emma Jendrick, Karl Jurentkuff, Joseph Francis Keating, William Paul Kerrigan, Rita Gertrude Kilcoyne, Lloyd Frank Kinnear, Robert Mansfield Latham, Margaret Marie Lavelle, Vernon Leroy Laverdure, Stephanie Ann Luszcz, Irving Myron Madoff, Anthony Kenneth Massalski, Mary Marion Massalski, Warren Francis McDonald, James Joseph McGrail, Joseph William McMahon, Rita Kathryn McNally, Gertrude Jeanette Messinger, Elizabeth Morgan, Leona Irma Morgan, Mary Antoinette Morini, Joseph John Morrison, Helen Mullen, Marguerite Irene Munster, Charles Eugene Murphy, Patrick Joseph Murphy, Anna Teresa Naughton, Helene Wilhelmine Neubauer, Statia Barbara Nicewicz, John Thomas Noon, Mary Teresa Nugent, William Francis O’Connor, Mary Teresa O’Malley, Myles William O’Malley, Peter Joseph O’Toole, Thomas Richard O’Toole, Alli Partanen, Marion Frances Paul, Mary Pompa, Helen Marie Richards, Marian Loretta Ruane, Louis Joseph Ruberti, Loretta Russell, Daniel James Salmon, Rita Amelia Scanlon, Stella Munn Scott, Madelyn Crosby Scoville, Rita Elizabeth Shea, Nora Marie Sheridan, John Harvey Shuttleworth, Walter Joseph Sledziewski, Hildred Ardelle Smith, Louise Grace Soldi, Walter Edward Stuka, Alyce Rita Tierney, Edward Thomas Tierney, Edith Mary Walker, Edward Mitchell Welch, John Walter Whitcomb, Dorothy Elizabeth Wilson, Charles Fred Wissenbach, Fred Oscar Wissenbach, Helen Margaret Young, Walter Stanley Zadroga, Sarah Ziedel.

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Allegheny High School, Allegheny, PA Band 1922 Photo

At Pennsylvania History & Genealogy Blog -

Allegheny High School, Allegheny, PA Band 1922 Photo

Decatur High School, Decatur, Indiana Girls Basketball Team 1920-21


Love those uniforms...

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In the photograph: Margaret Moran, Katherine Kocher, Helen Swearinger, Crystal Baltzell, Beatrice Peterson, Melvena Butler, Lucille Butler, Miss June Ossenberg - Coach

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Monday, January 22, 2007

Coshocton High School, Coshocton, Ohio 1903 Football Team

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In the photograph: C. C. Wells, James W. Swihart - Captain (probably front row center, holding the ball), Mr. Frye - Coach, J. R. McCabe, Malcolm Baker, Gotlieb Jacob, John Fallon, Daniel Beach, Lee Williams, Herman Shipps, Clyde Wisenburg, William Judd, Jasper Elder, Frank DeHart, Walter Darling, Don Porter, and Ed Roberts

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Thief River Falls High School Football Team 1908

Thief River Falls High School, Thief River Falls, Minnesota Football Team 1908 photo

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All the players are unknown. You might recognize some of them.

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Texas Woodmen of The World Photo 1915

Texas, New Mexico and Arizona Delegates to the Woodmen of the World Convention in St. Paul, MN in July 1915

Railroad Depot, Toluca, Illinois early 1900s

Waiting for the Train


Railroad Depot, Toluca, Illinois and a group of townspeople - all unknown.
Recognize anyone?

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Sunday, January 21, 2007

Leander Clark College, Toledo, Iowa 1914 Football Team

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In the photograph: Jacob Firkins, Paul E. Dickensheets, Leigh H. Ladd, Frank Muirhead - Capt, Harold Ingham, Lloyd Hanna, Max Ward, Paul B. Ingersol, William H. Lauderdale, Archibald Jacobs, Merle C. Green, Jackson K. Allen, Roscoe Patton, Mr. Kepler, Mark Hyland - coach, Hal V. Riggs, Spencer C. Nelson

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Saturday, January 20, 2007

Indiana Train Wrecks

New Indiana Train Wreck Articles - just added at http://www.gendisasters.com

List of Indiana Train Wrecks - just added

Train Wreck & Accidents that occurred in Avon, Crawfordsville, Fort Wayne, Fowler, Hazleton, Kinsey, Locust Grove, Michigan City, Newcastle, Shadeland, Terre Haute, Indiana

Friday, January 19, 2007

Central Catholic High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana Junior Ramblers Basketball Team 1922

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Intramural league basketball team.

In the photograph: Robert Suelzer, Eugene Luley, Edmund Bresnahan, Joseph Perrey, George Fitzgerald, William Ryan and John Hedekin.

The players all members of the Class of 1923.

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Joliet Junior College, Joliet, Illinois 1938 Baseball Team

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In the photograph: ___ Bagnell, Paul Michael Deiss, ___ Denovellis,___ Duncan, William A. Knowles, ___ Krumpoch, Ray McGrath, ___ Richard McHugh, Pedegrift, ___ Powell, Clarence Rimke, Ed Sosnoski, George Wellman, ___ Zajac, Coach A. A. Wills

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Jamestown High School, Jamestown, New York 1938 Basketball Team photo


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In the photograph: Vincent Joy, Sabastian Trusso, Eric Lundgren, Louis Ferro, Frank Martines, Anthony Zanghi, and Coach Rolland H. Taft.

The rest of the players are unknown. You might recognize some of them.

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Monday, January 15, 2007

Hartford City High School Orchestra, Hartford City, Indiana 1923

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In the photo:
Violins: Thelma Wise, Betty DeWees, Cleola Lord, Harriett Robson, William Forkner, Forest Chalfant, Leona Scott, Inez Mae Sowers, Lucile Elzey, Carrie Sparks, Louis Henley
Cornets: John DeWees, Joseph Lucas, Adolph Weiler, Arlen Compton, Bernard McAdams
Clarinets: Thomas Lightner, George Hiser, Clifford Ellis, Robert Helmet, Samuel Hollis
Saxophones: Joseph Fees, Charlotte Hill, Don Jones
Piccolo: Albert Cox
Trombone: Forest Chalfant
French Horn: Nelson Wise
Piano: Irene Coulson
Drums: Chester Canada

Deering High School, Portland, Maine 1924 Girls Basketball Team


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In the photograph: Elizabeth Stevens, Lois Johnstone, Catherine Davis - captain, Doris Cobb, Helen Gunderson, Frances Johnson, Ruth Tilton - manager, Pamela Leighton, Theodocia Cleveland, Norma Grover, Anne E. McKechnie - coach

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Rensselaer County, NY Index to Marriage Records 1908-1918 On line

Marriage Index of Rensselaer County, NY marriages from 1908 to 1935. 1908-1913 online now.

This is the largest project the Troy Irish Genealogy Society has undertaken. The 10 Volume Marriage Index of Rensselaer County marriages, from 1908 to 1935, has over 60,000 names.

Volume's I and II, with their 5,000 marriages and 10,000 names each have been completed and work continues on Volume III.

Volume I - Marriage Records Surnames January 1, 1908 - April 22, 1913

Volume II - Marriage Records Surnames April 1913 – July 1918

Brookfield High School, Brookfield, Ohio Faculty 1927-28


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In the photograph: Kathryn Murchie, Margaret Elk, Dorothy Mountain, Marie Kulow, Guy F. Henry, Charles A. Service, Homer Cleveland, C. L. Hake, W. F. Oswald, Isaac Denterly, Ruel Amy, Eleanor Schar.

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Friday, January 12, 2007

Arkansas Train Wrecks & Tornadoes

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Brinkley, Arkansas Train Wreck, Nov 1908
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Surnames: Clark, Hall, Wydick, Littlejohn, Riley

Hope, Arkansas Train Wreck, March 1893
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Surnames: Mills, Thomas, Fachary, Cummings, Manning, Marcus, Taylor, Cheek, Horee, Foster, Lobdy, Burleigh, Hopkins, Ray, Roberts, Edwards, Neff

Fayetteville, AR Train Wreck, January 1892
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Surnames: Collins, Coke, Davis, Egan, Hawkins, Mitchell, Rehols, Williams

Texarkana, AR Tornado, July 1882
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Surnames: Ghio, Hogan, Mayfield, Smith, May, Long, Markham, Lawrence, Lowry, Mitchell, Bechan, Manning, Russell

Osceola, Arkansas Tornado, September 1872
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Surname: Eddis

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Bryant Brooks and Silas Newton Brooks in front of the Governors Mansion,
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Laughlin Duncan Dallas
William James Gault
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Hill Family of Augusta Kansas

Jarusik Family
Anna and Leo Jarusik Sr
Albert Edward Lapierre and Albertina Monteufel Wedding Photo
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Warren Francis Medlar and Eva Laverna Holland Medlar

Vincent Paul Niekrewicz
Neikrewicz Family Five Generations
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Frank Pitts and Myrtle Mae Lester Pitts

James Samus Segar
Allen J. Sherwood and his Feed & Flour Store in Seymour, WI
Allen and Sarepta Kendall Sherwood and their home in Seymour, WI
Sarepta Jane Kendall Sherwood
Allen Jesse Sherwood
Otis Earl Williams Family

Bentonville, Arkansas Baseball Team 1914


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The names of the players are unknown. You might recognize some of them.

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Brodhead WI Civil War Band Photo


Brodhead, WI War Band 1864

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In the photograph: Emmet Flood, Alfred Mason, C. C. Stone, Norman Hall, S. S. Jackson, J. Brant, George Spaulding, Horace Moore, Fred Knickerbocker, Joe Smith, ___ Clark, Beam Snow, J. M. Faust, K. O. Kimberley, Gerard Kneeland, John Pickering, Thomas Brown, ___ Pomeroy

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Virginia Train Wrecks

Virginia Disaster Articles - Just added at GenDisasters.com

GenDisasters.com chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. (and it's free)

Petersburg, Virginia Train Wreck February 1912
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Surnames: Moors, Dallage, Brown
Passengers from: Virginia, Pennsylvania

Lynchburg, Virginia Train Wreck December 1906
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Surnames: Spencer, Schuyler, Merrill

South Boston, VA Train Accident November 1860
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Surname: Dinon

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Tuesday, January 09, 2007

German Records Online

News Release from Ancestry.com

ANCESTRY.COM ADDS SIX MILLION NAMES FROM GERMAN CENSUS AND PORT RECORDS, LAUNCHES GERMAN-LANGUAGE SITE ANCESTRY.DE

New Collection Opens the Door for Largest Ethnic Group in the U.S. to Discover Their Family Stories Online; Fifteen Percent of Americans Claim German Descent

PROVO, UTAH – January 9, 2007 – Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family history resource, today announced the addition of more than six million names from German port and census records to its historical records collection, making Ancestry.com the central online source for German family history. The German records launched simultaneously on Ancestry.de, Ancestry.com’s first foreign-language, international sister-site.

With more than 42 million Americans claiming German heritage, the launch of German historical records and Ancestry.de creates an unprecedented networking opportunity for Germans and German-Americans to collaborate, upload and share family trees, photos, stories and other historical content from their personal accounts on both Ancestry.de and Ancestry.com.

“The addition of new German content to Ancestry.com along with the launch of Ancestry.de is a major leap forward for families, but only the beginning of our long-term strategy to acquire international content and facilitate family collaboration worldwide,” said Tim Sullivan, President and CEO of The Generations Network, parent company of Ancestry.com. “We are excited to offer this collection to German-Americans everywhere to allow them to trace their roots across continents at the simple click of a mouse. I’ve already found my German great-grandmother in our Hamburg Passenger List collection.”

The German historical records collection features records such as passenger lists, census and vital records, sailors’ registry, ships crew lists, and family and local histories. The Hamburg passenger lists, which are the highlight of the new collection, includes records of more than five million people who sailed from the German port of Hamburg between 1850 and 1934. These records tell the story of each passenger’s voyage through such details as names, birth dates and places, date of departure, port of arrival, ship type and name, even accommodations on board the ship.

According to Ancestry.com, the roots of five favorite American brewing companies – Anheuser-Busch, Miller, Coors, Best and Yuengling – can be traced back to seven German immigrants. Thirteen-year-old Adolph Coors Jr., son of the Coors Brewing founder, and Frederick Pabst of Pabst Brewery, whose occupation is recorded as “Bierbrauer,” German for beer brewer, are listed in the Hamburg passenger list collection, both returning to America from trips to Germany.

Celebrities such as Donald Trump, David Letterman, George Lucas and Babe Ruth can also trace their ancestry to Germany.

Ancestry.de is The Generations Network’s fourth international site. Other international sites include Ancestry.co.uk in the United Kingdom, which features the only complete online collection of England and Wales census records, Ancestry.ca in Canada and Ancestry.com.au in Australia.

With more than 5 billion names and 23,000 searchable databases and titles, Ancestry.com is the No. 1 online source for family history information. Since its launch almost a decade ago, Ancestry.com has been the premier resource for family history, simplifying genealogical research for millions of people by providing them with many easy-to-use tools and resources to build their own unique family trees. Ancestry.com is part of The Generations Network, a leading network of sites whose mission is to connect families across distance and time. The Generations Network receives more than 9 million unique visitors worldwide and 450 million page views each month (© comScore Media Metrix, September 2006).

Monday, January 08, 2007

Oneida Ladies Utility Unit Photo, Oneida, NY 1916


The Oneida Utility Unit supported the soldiers from Madison County, NY during World War I.

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In the photograph: Lillian Bently, Josephine Mathig, Esther Keene, Lena DeBarber, Dorothy Stark, Arlene Ceigler, Lanita Alger, Ruth Keene, Mildred Ceigler, Mary Ellis, Marie Sweatman, Esther Kinney, Marion Cornett, Olive Perkins, Pearle Sweet, Rachal Harding, Irene Hinman, Mrs. Grazler, and several unknown ladies

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William C. Foster Family Photo


William C. Foster Family of York County, Nebraska. Taken about 1917-1920, by Thorne Studios.

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In the photograph: Bertha H. Foster, Clarence Eugene Foster, Iva Florence Foster, William C. Foster, Anna Augusta Holland Foster, Warren Chessman Foster, and John Howard Foster.

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Lemuel M. Munn Family Photo 1910


Lemuel M. Munn Family of Ansley, Custer County, Nebraska, photographed in 1910.

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In the photograph: Charles Henry Munn, George Emerson Munn, Cecile Flora Spencer & Royal Edward Munn, Grace E. Munn, Lemuel Marion Munn, William Ray Munn & Harriet Josephine Munn.

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Sunday, January 07, 2007

Salem High School, Salem, Ohio Basketball Team 1934 photo


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All are unknown. Perhaps you'll recognize one or two of the players or the coaches.

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Sabetha High School, Sabetha, Kansas 1931 Football Team Photo


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In the photograph: Merle Diffenderfer, Clyde Masheter, Roy Strahm, Glenn Lichty, Rex Snyder, Homer Fiddler, Dale Carpenter, James Wempe, Meredith Sperline, Melvin Livengood, Eugene Reinhardt, Paul Scott, Marquis Hedrick, Everett Freeby, Harold Lortscher, Ellis Davis, Johnny Zug, Earl Diffenderfer, Fred Shipman, Kenneth Hook.

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Pendleton Family 1909 Photo


Charles Pendleton Family photo online. Photo taken in 1909 . The family lived and worked on a dairy farm near Kilborne, east of Delaware, Ohio.

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Kingston High School, Kingston, NY 1924 Football Team Photo


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In the photograph: George Bradley, Benson Miller, Emerson Davis, George Mollenhauer, John Byrne, William Cranston, Herbert Simonetty, Addison Schultz, Harry Kelleher, Vincent Rice, Albert Flanagan, Seymour Goldberg - captain, Frank Disch, Wilbur Tetley, Mr. Dumm, Jefferis Pennington.

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Jonesboro, Arkansas High School Basketball Team 1926-27 photo


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In the photograph: Rosenson, Janes, Murray, Sharp, McKay, Renfro, Roleson, Waide, Rankin

First names on all are unknown.

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