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Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia
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Item Title
Members of the Mt. View Little League team. [Photo]
Author/Creator
Photographer: Hufford, Mary
Created/Published
April 15, 2000
Notes
The three ballfields have been at the mouth of Little Marsh Fork since the nineteen forties. Historically, each coal company sponsored its own team, and coal towns competed against each other. Hundreds of community members gather at the ballfield at the annual opening day of Little League.
Event: Opening day of Little League season.
Subjects
Recreation
Baseball
Little league
Community events
Community space
Cultural landmarks
Ethnography
Photographs
Packsville Ballfield
Packsville, WV
Object Type
Medium
35 mm Color Slide
Language
English
Call Number
CRF-MH-C101-13
Part of
The Coal River Folklife Collection (AFC 1999/008)
Repository
Library of Congress, Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID
afccmns mhc10113
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afccmns.mhc10113