Object Details
- retailer
- Stall and Dean
- Stall & Dean
- Description (Brief)
- Babe Ruth League Baseball intended for little league play. Made by the Stall and Dean Company, Brockton, MA. Balls like this were used from the 1950s into the 1970s. This object was acquired from the Stall and Dean Company of Brockton, Massachusetts as an example of its catalog merchandise and was never used.
- The Stall and Dean Sporting Goods Manufacturers Company was founded in 1898 and is one of the oldest sporting goods companies in the country. It first produced baseball, basketball and football uniforms along with football helmets. They soon expanded to uniforms and equipment for a variety of sports and was the first company to manufacture hockey uniforms and equipment.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Stall & Dean (through Henry N. Jackson)
- 1956-1971
- ID Number
- 1998.0324.07
- accession number
- 1998.0324
- catalog number
- 1998.0324.07
- Object Name
- baseball with box
- ball with box
- baseball
- Physical Description
- cork (overall material)
- yarn (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Brockton
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Autographed Baseballs
- National Museum of American History
- name of sport
- Baseball
- web subject
- Sports
- Manufacturing
- Record ID
- nmah_1300331
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d22d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
