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Life photo archives are a wonderful place to get lost

By Paul Lukas
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Monday, December 29, 2008

Back in 1950, the Hollywood Stars -- a minor league baseball team in the Pacific Coast League -- wore shorts as part of their uniform. For years, the two most commonly seen photos of this phenomenon have been this one and this one. But now, suddenly, the Internet is teeming with photos of shorts-clad Stars players batting, pitching, sliding and just sitting there, among dozens of other shots. Those images all come from the Life magazine photo archives, which were made available on the Web last ...

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