Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Young boy up to bat as catcher awaits the pitch

Baseball, "America's pastime," was a favorite sport for boys and girls during the Great Depression, and was sometimes played with a stick for a bat and a stone for a ball. These lucky boys had real equipment for their sandlot game in 1937.

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1937
Identifer: location GV3.11 p13

Young boy up to bat as catcher awaits the pitch