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Catcher Mask

1954 Lassie's Catchers Mask

1954 Lassie's Catchers Mask

A photograph of a catcher's mask that was given to Mrs. Lenora McQuinn of Pennsylvania, by one of the players from the Lassies on one of their last games of the 1954 season. She remembers this vividly as her father was just home from Korea, and it was the first time she had spent any time with him since he had left; she was 8 years old. After the game, she and her father went onto the field where she met some of the players and received the mask. The initial "D" and an "N" and "m" are still visible, which leads one to believe that it was given to her by Dorothy Naum.

Contributed by Robert V. Merz