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Baseball mural signing, November 2025

A crowd gathered on the lawn in front of the Depot Museum's new baseball mural under a blue sky.

The signing of Keith Goodson's baseball mural at the Depot on 21 November 2025, and a first look inside the Baseball Museum before it opened.

Artist Keith Goodson signed the Baseball Museum’s mural at a ceremony at the Depot on 21 November 2025, six months before the museum’s grand opening, and guests were shown around the gallery as it took shape. Photographs by Franc Branca of Branca Media, used with permission. If you can name anyone pictured, tell us and we will add the caption.

  • A crowd gathered on the lawn in front of the Depot Museum's new baseball mural under a blue sky.
    The crowd gathersFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • The mural beside the Depot's arched entrance: a pitcher in mid-delivery with a portrait medallion above, and a speaker at the podium beyond.
    The mural and the podiumFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • A man in a cap and pinstriped number 3 jersey speaks into a microphone at a podium beside the Depot's door.
    Opening remarksFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • The same speaker in pinstripes at the podium, seen from the lawn through the shrubs.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Guests, a sheriff's deputy among them, face the mural and the podium at the Depot entrance.
    Facing the muralFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • A speaker in a dark shirt at the podium with guests standing in the doorway behind him.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The speaker at the podium with a man in a red polo and a woman in red listening beside him.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A man in a blue shirt raises a hand at the podium, seen through the porch railing.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The Depot entrance with a speaker gesturing from the podium and guests seated along the porch.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A man in a red polo and sunglasses speaks into a microphone at the podium.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The speaker in the red polo raises a hand as he talks at the podium.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The speaker in the red polo points across the crowd, framed by the Depot's arch.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Two guests watch the ceremony from behind the porch railing.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The speaker in the red polo points out over the crowd from the podium.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Guests gathered on the pavement in front of the mural, a Do Not Enter sign at the corner.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Guests in red watch the speaker from the lawn.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Guests on the lawn, a woman in red in the foreground, as the speaker points.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A man in a red polo crouches to look at the base of the mural's pitcher figure.
    A closer lookFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • A man in a red polo stands before the mural's pitcher beneath the portrait medallion.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Inside the museum, the man in the vintage pinstriped number 3 uniform talks with guests among the exhibit panels.
    Inside the museumFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • The man in the vintage pinstriped number 3 uniform talks with two guests, panels on the early days of Avon Park baseball behind them.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Guests read the Thomas Flash Gordon exhibit panels and a case of memorabilia.
    The Gordon legacyFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • The museum's main gallery: a green turf floor marked as an infield, exhibit panels and visitors.
    The galleryFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • A visitor studies a display of vintage jerseys and a wall of team photographs.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Two men talk beside panels on the Toledo Mud Hens' spring training in Avon Park.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Two men talk in front of the Early Days of Baseball in Avon Park panel.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Guests in front of the mural, two men in dark polos in the middle.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A couple pose in front of the mural's outfield scene.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Guests mingle on the lawn before the mural in bright sun.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The man in the vintage pinstriped number 3 uniform talks with a man in black beside the Thomas Flash Gordon panel.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Three guests pose inside the museum.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The man in the vintage pinstriped number 3 uniform and a man in a black polo pose by the wall of team photographs.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The man in the vintage pinstriped number 3 uniform smiles in front of the mural's batter.
    Number 3Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The man in the vintage pinstriped number 3 uniform in front of the mural, portrait format.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A man in a black polo stands with arms folded beneath the mural's pitcher.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The man in the black polo smiles beneath the mural's pitcher.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The man in the black polo and the man in the vintage pinstriped number 3 uniform pose together before the mural.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The same two men laugh together in front of the mural.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A couple stand at the base of the mural beneath the pitcher.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A man in black points up at the mural's pitcher.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The man in black spreads his arms wide in front of the mural.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The man in black gestures at the mural's outfield scene.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Hands hold up a fan of baseball cards in front of the mural.
    CardsFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • A couple hold up baseball cards in front of the mural.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The mural artist's signature painted at the foot of the pitcher, dated 25.
    The artist's signatureFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • Three men talk in the red-lit gallery, one in a red polo, another in a checked shirt seated.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media

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