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Joe Schlumpf's "Websters" championship baseball team, 1908 (

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Piper, Walter F

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Joe Schlumpf's "Websters" championship baseball team, 1908

Description

Joseph Schlumpf's July 18, 1941 Seattle Times obituary states: "J. Schlumpf, Ex-Councilman, Dies in South. Joseph Schlumpf, 73 years old, a former Seattle merchant and a city councilman in 1911, died Wednesday in Los Angeles after a long illness, the Associated Press reported today. Mr. Schlumpf was a native of Wisconsin. He was a pioneer Seattle resident and while here operated agencies for drug and cigar comapnies and was an organizer of professional baseball clubs. Surviving is his widow, Elizabeth. Funeral services were set for today in Los Angeles. Mr. Schlumpf was elected to the City Council March 11, 1910, and served one one-year term. He was elected from the old Third Ward, the East Capitol Hill District. Working a number of years as a cigar salesman, Mr. Schlumpf later opened and operated a cigar store in the old Butler Hotel. Seattle friends remember him as a prominent sportsman, especially in fishing, hunting and baseball. He sponsored several semi-pro baseball teams in the Joe Schlumpf's "Websters" Amateur champions of the state of Washington season of 1908. Copy neg.

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1908?

Collection

Seattle Public Library

	Location	Seattle , United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 36′ 24″ N, 122° 19′ 58″ W
	Established	1890
	Website	www.spl.org
	Authority file	: Q7442157 VIAF: 147059007 ISNI: 0000000107435179 LCCN: n50059684 NRHP: 82004253 GND: 4841883-3 WorldCat

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Seattle Public Library as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Northwest Digital Heritage.

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DPLA identifier: 3b8e1516a1e61cd6ce515284ac0262c9
Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_gpn_169

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