LSUS gives cool glimpse of history with baseball exhibit
06/29/05

Love the ball game but not the heat? A new exhibit at LSUS Archives and Special Collections, “A Retrospective of Baseball in the Shreveport Area (1885-the present),” provides a cool glimpse at America’s summer pastime.

The exhibit covers baseball in Northwest Louisiana as far back as 1885, including professional baseball, youth leagues, company teams and LSUS baseball. Highlights include the 1885 Shreveport championship team, professional baseball stadiums Gasser/Biedenharn Park and SPAR stadium, and images from 1952 and 1955 when the Shreveport Sports won the Texas League Championship.

The exhibit, located in the atrium on the third floor of the Noel Memorial Library on the LSUS campus, will remain open throughout the summer. The viewing hours are 8-4:30 Monday–Friday with extended hours to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays.

For information, contact Teresa Rice in the Noel Memorial Library Archives and Special Collections at 318-798-4165 or trice@lsus.edu.