Softball, signed by the 1940-1941 Boston Red Sox
Object Details
- associated institution
- Boston Red Sox
- signer
- Williams, Ted
- Grove, Lefty
- DiMaggio, Dom
- Description (Brief)
- White leather softball autographed by members of the 1940-1941 Boston Red Sox. The ball was raffled by the B.P.O.E. 63 of Cumberland, Maryland to raise funds for children's charities during the 1940s.
- Autographs include Lefty Grove; Ted Williams; Don DiMaggio.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Frances W. Fletcher
- ca 1941
- ID Number
- 1985.0807.01
- accession number
- 1985.0807
- catalog number
- 1985.0807.01
- Object Name
- softball, autographed
- Physical Description
- leather (overall material)
- cotton (overall material)
- cork (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in; 10.16 cm
- 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
- level of sport
- Professional
- Record ID
- nmah_681563
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-09e8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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