(Top) At the fringe: A little girl in kimono shown with boys in baseball uniforms and a Japanese coach as they greet Lefty O'Doul, the visiting manager of the San Francisco Seals, Pacific Coast League; Autumn 1949.

(Bottom) Front and center: As a by-product of the Occupation, the Diamond Dolls was one of the baseball teams organized in 1950 for the "fair sex."

From: Eunson, Roby. 100 Years: The Amazing Development of Japan Since 1860. Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd., 1965, p. 146.

Kageyama Koyo (Ed.). Aru hodo shashinka no mita Showa 30 nen shi (Thirty Year History of Showa as seen by Photographers). Tokyo: Yukeisha, 1955.