Bloomington Bengals - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Long Sleeve T-Shirt freeport Willow Grove Park Lanes earned

Willow Grove Park Lanes earned its bold claim as "The Bowling Palace of the World" when it opened in the late 1950s outside Philadelphia

featuring the iconic locations of yesteryear

Newport Beach earned its reputation as a coastal haven long before the crowds arrived

and everything between at those counters

putting a small south Georgia town on the minor league map

Bloomington Bengals - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Long Sleeve T-Shirt freeport Willow Grove Park Lanes earnedBloomington's Bengals took the field in 1937 as part of the Illinois minor league circuit. In an era when small city baseball clubs were the soul of their towns, the Bengals gave Bloomington, Illinois something to rally around on warm summer nights. Some teams leave behind trophies, others leave behind memories woven into a community's identity. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear. The