When the United States entered World War II after Pearl Harbor, the War Production Board rationed paper and cardboard for the war effort. Between 1942 and 1947, baseball card production came to a ...

As far as baseball card collecting goes, the 1940s is about as close to the Dark Ages as it gets. The 1930s and 1950s were absolute fire, but the decade they sandwiched included World War II, which ...

When it comes to baseball, Bernard David “Buddy” Lake did just about everything. He played, he coached and he even drove the team bus during a career that spanned almost three decades. Although Lake ...

74 years ago today (April 18, 1940), was the opening of 1940 baseball season at Bain Field in Norfolk. Here are a few shots of that game between the Norfolk Tars and the Portsmouth Cubs.

Evelyn Wawryshyn's professional baseball career began in 1946, but she's still being recognized for her achievements 72 years later. It was back in the mid-1940s that her talents were first recognized ...

Seventy-five years ago, in 1940, the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced that Brooklyn’s population has increased by 1,166,582 since the turn of the century to 2,698,285. The 42nd ...

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The 1940s Leaton baseball team, included, right to left: back row – Buck Graham, Jack Morrison, Dan McConnell, Bob Davis, Alfonzo Epple; front row – Kewn Cowden, Florek Zawacki, Victor Wizensky, Morse ...