Author Archives: Ken Dowell

The Bloomers: Baseball’s Barnstorming Women

Posted on November 12, 2019

The Bloomer Girls didn’t always win, but they filled the ball parks wherever they played.
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Segregating Baseball: Little Giants and White Stockings

Posted on November 5, 2019

The 1887 exhibition game that defined race relations in baseball. Continue reading →

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One and Done: The Newark Peppers

Posted on October 29, 2019

A relocated team in an outlaw league playing in a city never considered major league. Continue reading →

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Palazzo Vecchio

Posted on October 22, 2019

The seat of power in Florence Continue reading →

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Tuscany Farm and Castle

Posted on October 15, 2019

Fattoria Poggio Alloro and Castello di Oliveto Continue reading →

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Orvieto

Posted on October 8, 2019

Home of the Etruscans Continue reading →

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Michelangelo

Posted on October 3, 2019

Sculpture and painting in Rome, Florence and the Vatican Continue reading →

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Venetian Time

Posted on September 28, 2019

The clocks of Venice Continue reading →

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Back in the Sculpture Park

Posted on September 24, 2019

Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, N.J. Continue reading →

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Seeing America from the Second Floor in Newark

Posted on September 17, 2019

20th and 21st century American art at the Newark Museum Continue reading →

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