Name/Title
Photograph, Eastern Ontario Champions, 1952Entry/Object ID
D2023.9.2.8Description
Framed photo of the Stittsville Lumber Co Baseball team. Inscription on the bottom says "EASTERN ONTARIO CHAMPIONS - 1952". The photo features 16 young men and their Bat Boy.Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Stittsville Lumber CoContext
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
Type
InscriptionLocation
Back of frameTranscription
Eastern Ontario Intermediate Champs 1952
First row L to R
2nd base Doug Bullard, 3rd base Garnet Bradley, Shortstop Larry Romhild,
CTR field Bert Gordon, Pitcher Cliff Neil, 1st base Paddy Bullard, 2nd base Ron Bradley, Bat Boy: Dalton "Red" Parks
Second row L-R
Pitcher Gord Henderson, L field Weldy Parks, 1st base Ray McCaffrey, Pitcher Eldy McElroy, Catcher Denzil Craig, R field Bill Bradley, 2nd base Bruce Garland, Catcher Jack Argue, CTR. field Garth GarlandMaterial/Technique
PenLexicon
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
