Winning Baseball Team on the Mall This team made up of workers from various garages in the city had just won a baseball game against the Employee's recreation association team when their photo was taken. They were one of many teams who <a href="http://mallhistory.org/explorations/show/baseball">played baseball on the National Mall</a> during World War II. The sport and location were so popular that at least one game was played every day, and off-duty servicemen as well as friends and family came to watch the games. <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Marjory+Collins">Marjory Collins</a> Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa2000057024/PP/">View original</a>. 1942 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1920-1949">1920-1949</a>