Baseball signed by the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers team
Object Details
- Created by
- Spalding, American, founded 1876
- Signed by
- Jackie Robinson, American, 1919 - 1972
- Roy Campanella, American, 1921 - 1993
- Joe Black, American, 1924 - 2002
- Description
- A white leather with red stitching SpaldingĀ® Official National League baseball signed by members of the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers: Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Billy Cox, Bobby Morgan, George Shuba, Wayne Belardi, Don Thompson, Rube Walker, Bill Antonello, Carl Erskine, Preacher Roe, Billy Loes, Clem Labine, Ben Wade, Joe Black, Jim Hughes, and manager Chuck Dressen.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1953
- Object number
- 2012.62.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- baseballs
- Medium
- cork, rubber, wool, cotton, leather and thread
- Dimensions
- 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (7 x 7 x 7 cm)
- Place depicted
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Athletes
- Baseball
- Men
- Race relations
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.62.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd590a87846-accf-4367-9393-1490c9478689
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