Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Donald Rosenberger, director of Maine General Hospital, rides a donkey during a baseball game sponsored by the hospital's employee Recreation Association. The employees' team beat Dr. Wellington's "medical nine" 2-1. "It was a toss-up all the way," said Dr. Cooper and Will Pooler.
On the employees' team were Frank Quinn, player-manager; Wilfred Pooler; Ernest Yorke; John Lucey; Mike Kilmartin; Ted Waterhouse; Dick Waugh; Warren Sanborn; Leo Poulin; and Karl Retter. On the doctors' team were J. Foster Wellington, MD, Manager; Charles Glassmire, MD; Walter Russell, MD; Kurtland Lord, MD; DeVerle Strickler, MD; Llewellyn Cooper, MD; Lawrence Crane, MD; the Rev. Clyde Campbell, Rosenberger, Edwin Gee, and Homer McDavitt.
Maine General Hospital is the predecessor of Maine Medical Center.
About This Item
- Title: Donald Rosenberger, Maine General Hospital baseball game, Portland, 1950
- Creation Date: 1950-06-20
- Subject Date: 1950-06-20
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 16.8 cm x 11.4 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 4221, Box 118, Folder 8
- Collection: Maine Medical Center collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Baseball
- Donkeys
- Hospital administrators
- Hospitals--Maine--Portland
- Maine General Hospital (Portland, Me.)
- Maine Medical Center (Portland, Me.)
- Recreation
- Sports
People
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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