Name/Title
Photograph, Softball Champions, 1954Entry/Object ID
D2023.9.2.9Description
one photograph featuring 15 young men of the Stittsville softball team with their bat boy and mascot, 1954. On the floor in front of the two boys are three trophies, two bats, and a softball inside a catcher's glove.Context
Credited In memory of our parents Garnet "Red" Bradley and Fern Bradley (Knox) donated by their family.
Red Bradley was a member of the Orange Young Britons #74. He was an avid athlete in Stittsville and volunteered as a coach and trainer for local teams. Elected as Goulbourn Township Councillor 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, Goulbourn Township Deputy Reeve 1965, 1966, Reeve 1967, 1968, and represented the Township of Goulbourn on the first Ottawa Carleton Regional Council 1967, 1968, Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton 1968. The Bradley family's story in Goulbourn dates back to the 1860s and the 10th line of Goulbourn (Fernbank Road). In 1948 Red Bradley took over the farm from his father John Wyckliffe Bradley and married Fern Knox of City View. They had dairy cattle until 1961 then they transitioned to beef cattle. They raised six children and farmed the land until 2007.
Red Bradley's Sports achievements: 1949 Eastern Ontario Amateur Softball Association, Stittsville Intermediate Champs, 1950 Eastern Ontario Men's Intermediate Softball Champs, 1952 Eastern Ontario Senior A Softball Champions, 1954 Eastern Ontario Senior A Softball Champions, 1954 Stittsville Senior City Champions, 1956 Ontario Amateur Softball Association Senior A Champions, 1996 Stittsville 56'ers were inducted into the Goulbourn Sports Wall of Fame, 1955-1956 Rideau District Hockey Champions.Collection
Artefact Collection: DigitalInscription/Signature/Marks
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FrontTranscription
Softball champs 1954Material/Technique
PencilType
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BackTranscription
Stittsville Softball Champions, year of 1954
Back Row: (left to right)
Keith Russell, Paddy Bullard, Weldy Parks, Cliff Neil, Garth Garland, Eddie Garland, Bruce Garland, Denzil Craig
Front Row: (left to right)
Doug Bullard, Red Bradley, Larry Ronhild, Denzil Graham (mg), Eldy McElroy (coach) Bert Gordon, Pud McCaffery
Bat Boy: (on right)
Dalton Parks
Mascot (on left)
Barry Graham
Intermediate + Senior Ball ChampsMaterial/Technique
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maker's markLocation
Back, centerTranscription
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GORDON FOWLER CALL PArkway -2-1925Material/Technique
StampedLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Photograph, Black-and-WhiteNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
