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ley’s first project. She hardly considered it work — she has
been a big fan of the sport since childhood. Born and raised in
Philadelphia, she fondly remembers listening to Philadelphia
Phillies and Philadelphia Athletics games on the radio while
ironing clothes for her family.
“I would iron away for hours and listen to the baseball
games,” she recalls. “It was during the late 1930s to early
1940s. That was the big time — Babe Ruth, all the big guys. I
was a fan. There were no two ways about it.”
At the Elliott, Wrigley helped put together a comprehensive
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signed baseball memorabilia collection. Autographed
items include 600 baseball cards, 200 baseballs and nine baseball
bats that were used and signed by baseball superstars like
Babe Ruth, Roberto Clemente and Josh Gibson.
Other items of significance include baseball cards that date
ing the membership at the museum. In 1999, Wrigley worked
with Susan Duncan, former curator, to set up and convert the
museum’s collections and membership files from index cards
and logbooks to digital files.
“Susan said, ‘I think you should learn Past Perfect software
for membership instead of using index cards,’” she says. “By
learning that program, I started to learn about the collection
itself — which, up to that point, I really wasn’t involved with
at all.”
Delving into the extensive baseball collection was Wrig-
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LAVAINE WRIGLEY
Age: 92
Lives in: Jensen Beach
Occupation: Collections
manager for Martin County
Historical Society
Education: Little Flower
Catholic High School for Girls
in Philadelphia
Hobbies: “I have been working four days a week,
so I feel that my days are full with work. I enjoy
having lunch with friends.”
What inspires me: “Active, professional women.”
Something most people don’t know about me:
“I’m stubborn.”
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Hugh Willoughby, a local pioneer aviator, flew with Orville Wright. His
pilot’s license is part of a collection on display at the Elliott Museum.
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