You Never Know

I love when this stuff happens. Awhile back, I was contacted by John from Houston, yet another person who had just stumbled upon my blog after a google search and found a shot of his Aunt in the photo shown above from September 1957 at the Disneyland Hotel.

“Just wanted to email you after I found a photo of the woman’s softball team from Indianapolis - The Anchorettes. My aunt, Helen Stegemoller was a pitcher for the team and I remember watching some of her games. She is on the far right of the middle row. Helen passed away this week in Indianapolis, never left the city she was born in - she was 86. Sometime after her softball career, she was inducted into the Softball Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. Again, thanks for the picture that i have never seen before. You never know who will read your articles.”

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The Anchorettes

Awhile back I was contacted by Jonathan Bullman, whose wife's great aunt was found in these photos from September 1957. She was with the women's softball team called The Anchorette's from Indianapolis and they were staying at the Disneyland Hotel for a national softball tournament.



They won the regional tournament and went on to the National tournament in California. The 1957 National Women's Softball Tournament was held in Buena Park and Anaheim that September. The Anchorettes would eventually go on to lose the tournament but she still talks about her softball days even 60 years later. She's the tall short-haired redhead in glasses (seen in the detailed view above, front row, second from left).



Another shot from the batch showing the Anchorettes' luggage outside the hotel.



Note the "DH" on the door, which of course stands for Disneyland Hotel.



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