Alton Blues - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt dubuque and lunch counters like this

and lunch counters like this one fed the crowds between newsreels and errands

A pink rectangular banner contains white block letters reading "LANES

tossing a baseball while holding a glove

" A heraldic crest depicts two golden rampant lions flanking a red and white diagonally striped shield

standing behind a massive steak platter

Alton Blues - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt dubuque and lunch counters like thisAlton Blues baseball club gave this Mississippi River town in Illinois its own squad, established in 1917. In an era when local ball clubs defined small town identity, Alton held its own among the regional teams. Some clubs fade from the record books but never leave the town's memory. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear. The Details: Arched distressed blue text reads "ALTON BLUES" above a