Anaconda Serpents - Montana - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt science Families returned summer after summer

Families returned summer after summer

A distressed red hand-drawn illustration of a mustachioed baseball player in a boater hat stands in a batting stance

White block capitals read "THE" and "INN" flanking a flowing white cursive script reading "Newporter" with ornamental swashes

it was the thread that held a community together

Communities rallied around clubs like these

Anaconda Serpents - Montana - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt science Families returned summer after summerAnaconda's Serpents took the diamond in 1900 as part of the Montana State League. Organized baseball arrived in a copper smelting town that needed something to cheer for beyond the next shift. Baseball gave Anaconda, Montana an identity beyond industry, a reason for the whole town to gather on summer evenings. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear. The Details: Arched distressed cream serif