Fitchburg Magnets

Minor league baseball teams were based in Fitchburg, Massachusetts between 1877 and 1929. Fitchburg minor league teams played as members of the New England Association in 1877 and 1895, the New England League in 1899, 1914–1915 and 1919, the Eastern League in 1922 and New England League in 1929. The 1919 New England League resumed play as a six-team league. The Fitchburg Foxes placed 3rd in the reformed Class B level league, after the league stopped play on August 2, 1919. The Foxes had a record of 31–36, playing under managers John F. Quinn, Bill Phoenix and Bill Page. Fitchburg was 9.0 games behind the 1st place Lowell Grays franchise when the league folded.

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Vintage Fitchburg, MA

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Netco Trucks, built in New England for New England work, New England Truck Co., Fitchburg, Mass.

1875 Bird's Eye View of Fitchburg, Massachusettsdrawn & Published by H.H. Bailey & Co.

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Vintage Trade Card Advertising from H. A. Goodrich & Company from the late 1800s

Image from the long defunced Webber Lumber derived from the cover of the 1912 Webber Lumber & Supply Company

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Defunct Fitchburg Foxes Baseball Team

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