Armando Gonzales at Community Park
Item
Title
Armando Gonzales at Community Park
Identifier
2022.006.089
Type
image
Description
Black and white image of four men, including Armando Gonzales (batter, third from left) at Community Park. This image was taken during the 1947 Pony Major Championship held at the baseball fields at Community Park in Redlands. Like many baseball leagues across Southern California and the Southwest, Mexican adults and children played in segregated "Mexican Leagues" rather than integrated teams.
Subject
Baseball
Community life in Redlands,
Entertainment and Leisure Activities
Segregation
Spatial Coverage
Redlands (Calif.)
Temporal Coverage
1947
Creator
unknown
Date
1947
Contributor
Inland Mexican Heritage
Format
.tif
Language
English
Rights
Bibliographic Citation
Vasquez, Antonio Gonzalez, and Genevieve Carpio. Mexican Americans in Redlands. Charleston, S.C: Arcadia Publishing, 2012.