Sports & Leisure - Overview
The nation's passion for sports is obvious every day—at NASCAR races, kiddie soccer matches, and countless other contests. From a handball used by Abraham Lincoln to Chris Evert's tennis racket to a baseball signed by Jackie Robinson, the roughly 6.000 objects in the Museum's sports collections bear witness to the vital place of sports in the nation's history. Paper sports objects in the collections, such as souvenir programs and baseball cards, number in the hundreds of thousands.
Leisure collections encompass a different range of objects, including camping vehicles and gear, video games, playing cards, sportswear, exercise equipment, and Currier and Ives prints of fishing, hunting, and horseracing. Some 4,000 toys dating from the colonial period to the present are a special strength of the collections.
"Sports & Leisure - Overview" showing 14 items.
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Baseball, signed by the 1949 Washington Senators
- Description
- Autographed baseball signed by the 1949 Washington Senators. That season the Senators finished 50-104, 8th in the American League.
- Autographs include Eddie Robinson; Al Kozar; Sam Dente; Eddie Yost; Bud Stewart; Clyde Vollmer; Gil Coan; Al Evans; Sherry Robertson; Sam Mele; Buddy Lewis; Sid Hudson; Ray Scarborough; Paul Calvert; Mickey Harris; Lloyd Hittle; Joe Haynes; Dick Weik; Mickey Haefner; Joe Kuhel.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1949
- associated institution
- Washington Senators
- maker
- Harwood
- ID Number
- CL*310547.115
- accession number
- CL*310547
- catalog number
- CL*310547.115
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1949 St. Louis Browns
- Description
- Baseball signed by the 1949 St. Louis Browns. That season the Browns finished 53-101, 7th in the American League.
- Autographs include Zack Taylor; Roy Sievers; Jack Graham; Jerry Priddy; Eddie Pellagrini; Bob Dillinger; Dick Kokos; Stan Spence; Roy Sievers; Sherm Lollar; Paul Lehner; Les Moss; Whitey Platt; John Sullivan; Ned Garver; Bill Kennedy; Cliff Fannin; Al Papai; Joe Ostrowski; Karl Drews; Red Embree; Tom Ferrick.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1949
- associated institution
- St. Louis Browns
- maker
- Harwood
- ID Number
- CL*310547.116
- accession number
- CL*310547
- catalog number
- CL*310547.116
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1949 Chicago White Sox
- Description
- Baseball signed by the 1949 Chicago White Sox. That season the White Sox finished 63-91, 6th in the American League.
- Autographs include Luke Appling; Steve "Bud" Souchock; Ed Klieman; Fred Hancock; Mickey Haefner; Cass Michaels; Eddie Malone; Billy Pierce; Don Wheeler; Bob Kuzava; Floyd Baker; Howie Judson; Randy Gumpert; Marino "Chick" Pieretti; Ray Berres; Buster Mills.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1949
- associated institution
- Chicago White Sox
- maker
- Harwood
- ID Number
- CL*310547.118
- accession number
- CL*310547
- catalog number
- CL*310547.118
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1949 Detroit Tigers
- Description
- Autographed baseball signed by the 1949 Detroit Tigers. That season the Tigers finished 87-67, 4th in the American League.
- Autographs include Johnny Groth; Paul Campbell; Neil Berry; Johnny Lipon; George Kell; Vic Wertz; Johnny Groth; Hoot Evers; Aaron Robinson; Don Kolloway; Pat Mullin; Eddie Lake; Bob Swift; Hal Newhouser; Virgil Trucks; Art Houtteman; Ted Gray; Fred Hutchinson; Dizzy Trout; Red Rolfe.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1949
- associated institution
- Detroit Tigers
- maker
- Harwood
- ID Number
- CL*310547.121
- accession number
- 310547
- catalog number
- 310547.121
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1943 New York Yankees
- Description
- Baseball signed by the 1943 New York Yankees. That season the Yankees finished 98-56, winning the World Series over the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 1.
- Autographs include Joe McCarthy; Spud Chandler; Joe Gordon; Frank Crosetti; Bill Dickey; Billy Johnson; Nick Etten; Charlie Keller; Tuck Stainback; Johnny Lindell; Bud Metheny; Marius Russo; Hank Borowy; Tiny Bonham; Roy Weatherly; Snuffy Stirnweiss.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1943
- associated institution
- New York Yankees
- maker
- Harwood
- ID Number
- CL*310547.124
- accession number
- 310547
- catalog number
- 310547.124
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1949 New York Yankees
- Description
- Baseball signed by the 1949 New York Yankees. That year the Yankees won the American League with a 97-57 record, winning the World Series by beating the Brooklyn Dodgers 4 games to 1.
- Autographs include Joe DiMaggio; Yogi Berra; Joe Page; Allie Reynolds; Bobby Brown; Tommy Henrich; Jerry Coleman; Phil Rizzuto; Hank Bauer; Cliff Mapes; Gene Woodling; Billy Johnson; Johnny Lindell; Dick Kryhoski; Snuffy Stirnweiss; Vic Raschi; Eddie Lopat; Tommy Byrne; Joe Page; Fred Sanford.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1949
- associated institution
- New York Yankees
- signer
- DiMaggio, Joe
- Berra, Yogi
- Page, Joe
- Reynolds, Allie
- Brown, Bobby
- maker
- Harwood
- ID Number
- CL*310547.125
- accession number
- 310547
- catalog number
- 310547.125
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1949 Philadelphia Athletics
- Description
- Baseball signed by the 1949 Philadelphia Athletics. That season, the A's finished 81-73, 5th in the American League.
- Autographs include Connie Mack; Eddie Frost; Nellie Fox; Ferris Fain; Pete Suder; Eddie Joost; Hank Majeski; Wally Moses; Sam Chapman; Elmer Valo; Mike Guerra; Don White; Taffy Wright; Alex Kellner; Joe Coleman; Lou Brissie; Dick Fowler; Carl Scheib; Bobby Shantz.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1949
- signer
- Mack, Connie
- Frost, Eddie
- Fox, Nelson
- maker
- Harwood
- ID Number
- CL*310547.129
- accession number
- 310547
- catalog number
- 310547.129
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1949 Boston Red Sox
- Description
- Baseball signed by the 1949 Boston Red Sox. That season, the Red Sox finished 86-58, 2nd in the American League.
- Autographs include Billy Goodman; Bobby Doerr; Vern Stephens; Johnny Pesky; Al Zarilla; Dom DiMaggio; Ted Williams; Birdie Tebbetts; Matt Batts; Mel Parnell; Ellis Kinder; Joe Dobson; Chuck Stobbs; Jack Kramer; Walt Masterson.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- signer
- McCarthy, Joe
- DiMaggio, Don
- Doerr, Bob
- maker
- Harwood
- ID Number
- CL*310547.133
- accession number
- 310547
- catalog number
- 310547.133
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1949 Philadelphia Phillies
- Description
- Baseball signed by the 1949 Philadelphia Phillies. That season the Phillies finished 81-73, 3rd in the National League.
- Autographs include Schoolboy Rowe; Curt Simmons; Stan Lopato; Robin Roberts; Dick Sisler; Eddie Miller; Granny Hamner; Willie Jones; Bill Nicholson; Richie Ashburn; Del Ennis; Andy Seminick; Stan Hollmig; Eddie Waitkus; Mike Goliat; Buddy Blattner; Ken Heintzelman; Russ Meyer; Hank Borowy; Curt Simmons; Jim Konstanty.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1949
- associated institution
- Philadelphia Phillies
- maker
- Harwood
- ID Number
- CL*310547.135
- accession number
- 310547
- catalog number
- 310547.135
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1933 New York Giants
- Description
- Baseball signed by the 1933 New York Giants. That season the Giants went 91-61, winning the National League and beating the Washington Senators in the World Series 4 games to 1.
- Autographs include Mel Ott; Carl Hubbell; Bill Terry; Hughie Critz; Blondy Ryan; Johnny Vergez; Kiddo Davis; Jo-Jo Moore; Gus Mancuso; Lefty O’Doul; Sam Leslie; Hal Schumacher; Freddie Fitzsimmons; Roy Parmelee; Hi Bell; Dolf Luque.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1933
- associated institution
- New York Giants
- maker
- Harwood
- ID Number
- CL*310547.136
- accession number
- 310547
- catalog number
- 310547.136
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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