Lum Atkinson's Little League Baseball Team

Photograph

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Gulfport History Museum

Front

Front

Name/Title

Lum Atkinson's Little League Baseball Team

Entry/Object ID

BAS.8

Description

A black and white photograph of Gulfport Little League team, [Grier's] Buccaneers with coach Lum Atkinson.

Photograph Details

Subject

Baseball--Florida--Gulfport, Sports, Baseball teams--1950-1960

Subject Person or Organization

Little League

Subject Place

City

Gulfport, FL

Context

"Lum Atkinson, for whom the ball field complex at Tangerine and Beach is named, was the manager of the 1950s Little League team... Councilman Bob Worthington is second from the right in the middle row." (Gabber Newspaper, January 21, 2010)

Collection

Photograph Collection

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Louis Worthington

Notes

Loan to GHS (December 5, 1993)

Made/Created

Studio

Distaff Photo Service

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

Reverse

Transcription

DISTAFF PHOTO THOMAS STAFFORD - PH. DI 2-7781 GORDON DISBURY - PH. DI 3-6071 COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS 2658 - 48th ST. SOUTH - GULFPORT

Language

English

Location

Note

Transcription

L-R Buddy Fisher, Bobby Jackson, Frohoch, Roney Kirby, Reggie Kirby, Jackie Wilson Jay McLane, Frohoch, Wade Hankinson, Bobby Worthington, Harry O'Brien Jeff Hines, ?, Jim McLane, Alan Clutterbuck

Language

English

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Web Links and URLs

Email us regarding this entry, Text in the Gabber Newspaper (January 21, 2010), Photograph in the Gabber Newspaper (January 14, 2010)

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

"Lum Atkinson's Little League Team in the late 1950's."

Updated By

MC

Update Date

August 25, 2026