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Object ID: 1527 (Click here to view the image in a new window.)
Object Date (YYYYMMDD): 1908
Description: 1908 New Ulm Stonewalls Baseball team, version 1
Org/Loc: New Ulm
Org/Entity: Independent/General
Sport: Baseball
Team Nickname: Westerns
Gender: Male
Conf/League: None or Undetermined
Original Type: Printing Negative
Group ID: Early Teams Assemblage
Other Information: In 1908, the New Ulm Stonewalls met every team in the area. Front: Martin Burk and William Bolstad. Second row: Walter burk and Henry Dahms. third row, kneeling: Walter Muesing and Elmer Tappe. Standing: William (Buster) Lindemann, Arthur Hugh, Otto Zschunke, Hugo Sandau and Emil Heinz. By 1944 when this picture was published in the famous Schell's historical series, Lindemann was the only living member still residing in New Ulm. Photo courtesy Brown County Historical Society. Located on Disc 1520