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Inside the Baseball Museum, winter 2026

Visitors and former players inside the Avon Park Baseball Museum.

Former players, scrapbooks and the finishing touches inside the Avon Park Baseball Museum, January and February 2026.

Photographs from inside the Baseball Museum in its first winter: former Red Devils visiting the records wall, pages from the scrapbooks and yearbooks that fill the cases, the ticket-booth doorway being painted, and the giant baseballs outside. Photographs by Franc Branca of Branca Media, used with permission. Names welcome via the About Us page.

  • An older man in a white polo laughs under red lighting in front of the FHSAA records display.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The man in the white polo, hands clasped, laughing in the red-lit gallery.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The man in the white polo gestures as he talks in the red-lit gallery.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Three men pose in front of the records display, one in a red Devils polo.
    Former playersFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • An older man in a blue shirt smiles in the red-lit gallery.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The man in the blue shirt talks with a companion in the gallery.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The man in the blue shirt listens beside a display of jerseys.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The man in the blue shirt laughs with a visitor.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A man in a red polo and glasses laughs with a man in a white polo.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Four men pose before the records wall, two in red Devils polos and caps.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Two men with arms around each other's shoulders, one in a Devils cap.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The same two men, one in a Devils cap, smile for the camera.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Four men pose in front of the records display.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The same four men, arms at their sides, in front of the records display.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Three men pose in front of the records display.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Three men, two in red polos and one in black, pose in the gallery.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Two men, one in a red polo and one in a blue shirt, pose in the gallery.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A yearbook page of coaches and cheerleaders laid on red cloth.
    From the yearbookFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • A vintage team photograph of players in AP uniforms.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A photograph of the sign reading Welcome to the home of Avon Park Baseball, Charles Head Field.
    Charles Head FieldFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • A newspaper clipping headed Record Book Shows Avon Excellence.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A yearbook page with a photograph of a pitcher in mid-delivery.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A yearbook page showing five Devils players, signed in blue ink.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A yearbook advertisement for Jahna Concrete Products.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A yearbook page carrying a Jahna-Avon Park Ready-Mix advertisement.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A clipping headed Avon Park Star Signs With Braves.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A clipping headed Out At Third from the Sarasota section.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A clipping headed Avon Park Has Top Record.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A spread of clippings from the Avon Park section of a newspaper.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A newspaper photograph of two players in AP uniforms, captioned Jim Waldron and Sam Elder.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A clipping with a photograph of an undefeated Avon Park team.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A clipping headed Avon Park Nine Wins Ridge Title.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A clipping headed Nine Wins Ridge Title with a team photograph.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A clipping headed Red Devils Win First Ball Game Of Season.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A clipping with a photograph of three men for Sam Elder Day.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A poster of the 1972 Avon Park High School State Baseball Champions with the team named.
    1972 state championsFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • A yearbook baseball team photograph with the roster printed beneath.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A yearbook seniors page with three players posed against a wall.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A clipping headed Devils Win 1st Game; Rated As Title Threat.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The Trident, May 1961: Coach Garrett, Teacher of the Week, with the championship trophy.
    Coach Garrett, 1961Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A clipping captioned Safe At The Plate.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A faded snapshot of a young man holding up a fish beside a car.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A framed felt patch reading State Champs 1964.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The framed State Champs 1964 patch on red cloth.
    State champs, 1964Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A man in a flat cap and corduroy jacket stands in the gallery.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The man in the flat cap looks across the gallery.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A woman carrying a wooden case walks through the gallery beneath a screen.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The woman with the wooden case pauses in the gallery.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Two men pose in the gallery, one holding a folder.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The mural and the Depot Museum in sunshine with nobody about.
    The muralFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • The woman with the wooden case talks with a visitor by the Legacy panel.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The woman with the case and a visitor in a Huk shirt talk in the gallery.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The gallery: stadium seats, vintage uniforms on stands, and visitors on the turf.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Visitors cross the gallery's turf infield past the stadium seats.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A painted mural of Avon Park players in red and white uniforms beside a giant baseball seam.
    The players muralFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • The corner of the museum building with its murals and Museum lettering.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Giant baseball sculptures on a bat-shaped base beside the road, an oak tree behind.
    The baseballsFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • Three people laugh over a phone in front of the Early Days panel.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The same three people share a laugh by the Early Days panel.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A giant baseball sculpture beside the Avon Park Depot Museum sign.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Three visitors look at a phone together in the gallery.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The three visitors laughing in the gallery.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A man reads the FHSAA records panel beside a laptop display.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The man at the laptop display beneath the records panel.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A woman paints a doorway mural by a window.
    Painting the ticket boothFranc Branca / Branca Media
  • The painter at work on the doorway mural.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • A painted doorway panel showing a red brick ticket booth, standing by the window.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The ticket-booth doorway panel in the window light.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • Three visitors talk beneath a screen showing a ball game.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media
  • The three visitors under the screen, seen across the turf.
    Franc Branca / Branca Media

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