George Wilson 1875 1915: The Whole Show

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George Wilson 1875 - 1915 The Whole Show
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Adrian, Michigan City Hall
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Henry DeGraff
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1894 Adrian Light Guard
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1894 Findlay,OH
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Page Fence Giants Touring Car
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Minneapolis Millers
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Honus Wagner
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Page Fence Giants
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Page Fence Giants
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1896 Page Fence Giants
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Fred Dutch Hartman
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George Rat Johnson
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1900 Waseca, MN EACOs
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1901Waseca, MN EACOs
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Lexington Park, St. Paul
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1902
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1902 St. Cloud, MN
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1903 St. Cloud, MN
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1904 Chippewa Falls, WI Gotzians
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1904 Renville, MN All-Stars
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George Rat Johnson
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1905 Chicago Union Giants
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Almendares Park, Havana
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Manitowoc, WI 1907
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Special Thanks to Mike Johnson for his research
into George Wilsons roots and the image of his
headstone.
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Image Sources

• Richard Bak, Turkey Stearnes and the Detroit
  Stars, (Detroit, Michigan, Wayne State University
  Press, 1994), 46, 48.
• Paul Debono, The Indianapolis ABCs, (Jefferson,
  NC, and London McFarland Company., Publishers,
  1997), 12.
• Phil Dixon with Patrick J. Hannigan, The Negro
  Baseball Leagues A Photographic History
  (Mattituck, NY Amereon House, 1992), 23, 24, 25,
  26, 27.
• Joe Niese, George Wilson, Wisconsin West
  Magazine, (Eau Claire, Wisconsin Modern
  Marketing Graphics, Inc, June 2008), 24.
• Michael O Keeffe and Teri Thompson, The Card,
  (New York HarperCollins Publishers, 2008) front
  cover.

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Image Sources

• Mark Rucker and Peter C. Bjarkman, Smoke The
  Romance and Lore of Cuban Baseball, (Kingston,
  New York Total/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED,1999), 49.
• Dean A. Sullivan , ed., Middle Innings A
  Documentary History Of Baseball 1900-1948,
  compiled and edited by (Lincoln, Nebraska and
  London University of Nebraska Press, 1998), 118.
  
• Stew Thornley, Baseball In Minnesota, (St. Paul,
  MN Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2006),
  18, 103.
• Sol White, History of Colored Base Ball, With
  Other Documents on the Early Black Game 1886
  1936, Compiled and introduced by Jerry Malloy
  (Lincoln, Nebraska and London University of
  Nebraska Press, 1996), 95

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Image Sources

• The 1900, 1901 Waseca EACOs images appear
  courtesy of the Waseca County Historical Society,
  Waseca, MN.
• The 1902, 1903 St. Cloud Saints images appear
  courtesy Stearns History Museum, St. Cloud, MN.
• The images of the Adrian City Hall and the
  Palmyra Township 1874 Plat Map, appear courtesy
  of the Lenawee Historical Society Museum, Lenawee
  County, Michigan.
• The image of the Kalamazoo State Hospital appears
  courtesy of the Environmental Institute at
  Western Michigan University.
• The image of Henry DeGraff appears courtesy of
  Ancestry.com.

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Image Sources

• Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society,
  Chicago, IL
• Chicago Daily News negatives collection,
  SDN-000904, SDN-002974.
• Courtesy of the Minnesota State Historical
  Society, St. Paul, MN
• Pine Island Record, May 21, 1908.
• Renville Star Farmer, June 3, 1904.
• St. Paul Pioneer Press, June 22, 1902.