Sports & Leisure

Tennis Racket

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.

Place: New York

Boobs Abroad, P.T. Barnum overlooked a few but they are well taken care of at Monte Carlo

Camera-ready art by Rube Goldberg for his two comic strip series Boobs Abroad, and I'm the Guy, titled P.T. Barnum overlooked a few but they are well taken care of at Monte Carlo, dated Wednesday August 13, 1919.
Description
Camera-ready art by Rube Goldberg for his two comic strip series Boobs Abroad, and I'm the Guy, titled P.T. Barnum overlooked a few but they are well taken care of at Monte Carlo, dated Wednesday August 13, 1919. Goldberg drew for the Boobs Abroad series between 1913-1914 and again in 1918. He drew for the I'm the Guy series between 1911 and 1934.
The artist pokes fun at gamblers, especially in Monte Carlo.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
Wednesday August 13 1919
date made
Wednesday, August 13, 1919
August 13, 1919
original artist
Goldberg, Rube
ID Number
GA.23494
catalog number
23494
accession number
1972.299186

Professor Butts (pencil sharpener)

Camera-ready pen and ink drawing by Rube Goldberg for his comic invention series The Inventions of Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts.
Description
Camera-ready pen and ink drawing by Rube Goldberg for his comic invention series The Inventions of Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts. Goldberg drew for the series between 1914 and 1964.
Cartoon text: Professor Butts gets his think-tank working and evolves the simplified pencil-sharpener. Open window (A) and fly kite (B). String (C) lifts small door (D) allowing moths (E) to escape and eat read flannel shirt (F). As weight of shirt becomes less, shoe (G) steps on switch (H) which heats electric iron (I) and burns hole in pants (J). Smoke (K) enters hole in tree (L) smoking out opossum (M) which jumps into basket (N) pulling rope (O) and lifting cage (P), allowing woodpecker (Q) to chew wood from pencil (R) exposing lead. Emergency knife (S) is always handy in case opossum or the woodpecker gets sick and can't work.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
Undated
original artist
Goldberg, Rube
ID Number
GA.23487
catalog number
23487
accession number
1972.299186

Our Handy Bottle-Opener

Camera-ready pen and ink drawing by Rube Goldberg for his comic invention series The Inventions of Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts.
Description
Camera-ready pen and ink drawing by Rube Goldberg for his comic invention series The Inventions of Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts. Goldberg drew for the series between 1914 and 1964.
Cartoon text: Elephant (A) eats peanuts (B) - as bag gets lighter weight (C) drops and spike (D) punctures balloon (E) - explosion scares monkey (F) - his hat (G) flies off and releases hook (H), causing spring (I) to pull string (J), which tilts tennis racket (K) - racket hits ball (L), making it spin around on attached string, thereby screwing corkscrew into cork (M) - ball hits sleeping dog (N) who jumps and pulls cork out of bottle with string (O) - my, how simple!
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
October 25 (no year date)
date made
October 25, unknown year
original artist
Goldberg, Rube
publisher
King Features Syndicate
ID Number
GA.23486
catalog number
23486
accession number
1972.299186

The Futurity Race at Sheepshead Bay

A color print of a race in progress on a track. Three horses take the lead and their jockeys urge them on with whips. The jockeys wear colorful jackets and caps, white breeches, and high boots. The grandstands consist of a two story veranda.
Description
A color print of a race in progress on a track. Three horses take the lead and their jockeys urge them on with whips. The jockeys wear colorful jackets and caps, white breeches, and high boots. The grandstands consist of a two story veranda. The roof has three transverse gables decorated with Bavarian “fachwerk.” An overflow of spectators lines the fence and the extension of the lower level balcony without a cover. The judges’ stand has a cupola roof. A wooded area is in the background.
The Sheepshead Bay Race Track was built at the Coney Island Jockey Club in 1880 in Sheepshead, New York, spurred on by the laying of the Long Island Railroad. Leonard Jerome and William Kissam Vanderbilt sponsored the building of the new track, which contained both a dirt and turf course. Sheepshead ran the first Futurity Stakes on Labor Day 1888 and it was won by Proctor Knott for a purse of $41,675, the most expensive race at the time. It was the largest crowd to attend Sheepshead, and approximately one-fourth of the crowd was reported to be women. This race is still running, although it has moved to Belmont Park. It is open to two-year-old horses and raced on dirt over a distance of seven furlongs. Until 1957, the horses had to be nominated for the race before their birth.
Maurer was born in 1832 in Biebrich-on-the Rhine in Germany, the eldest of five children. He loved to draw in his spare time and was apprenticed to a lithographer for a brief period of time. He then assisted his father as a cabinetmaker. He studied art at Mayence, and in 1851 he emigrated with his parents to America where he immediately went to work as a woodcarver. A friend recommended that he would make more money using his skills as a lithographer, so he applied to several shops before being hired by T. W. Strong at 98 Nassau Street. Later he met Charles Currier, Nathaniel's brother, who recommended that he visit his brother and show him some of his work. Nathaniel was impressed with Maurer and introduced him to Ives who interviewed all new employees. He was immediately hired and put to work in the basement of 152 Nassau Street, where he remained for over eight years.
Maurer excelled at images of horses and sporting subjects and during the eight years he was employed by Currier & Ives, produced over one hundred prints on these subjects, including such icons as the Life of the Fireman series and Preparing for Market. In 1860-1861 he went to work for Major and Knapp and from 1872-1884 he was the head of the commercial lithography firm of Maurer and Heppenheimer. He retired in 1884 and devoted himself to a number of artistic avocations, primarily painting. He lived in NYC until his death in 1932 at the age of 100. He son Alfred Maurer was also a well-known artist in the modernist era, though after the death of his father who he lived with, Alfred committed suicide. The offices of Heppenheimer and Maurer were located at 22 and 24 North William Street in New York City from 1872-1884. Maurer is chiefly known for his prints of horses, caricatures, and the famous Fireman series. At the outbreak of the Civil War he moved to Major and Knapp where he made many famous war prints including “Sherman at Savannah, GA” and “Grant and Lee”.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1889
maker
Maurer, Louis
Currier & Ives
ID Number
DL.60.3230
catalog number
60.3230

A Good Race, Well Won.; Hartford Races

A color print of an advertising poster. The scene is a race track in front of a judge’s stand. The winning horse, still hitched to his sulky and driver, is getting a blanket thrown over his back. Other horses covered in blankets are being led away. Men push the sulkys.
Description
A color print of an advertising poster. The scene is a race track in front of a judge’s stand. The winning horse, still hitched to his sulky and driver, is getting a blanket thrown over his back. Other horses covered in blankets are being led away. Men push the sulkys. The driver of the winning horse gestures to the judges in the stand with his whip. The spectators are dressed in sporty suits and converse on the track in groups of three or four. The surrounding area has wooded hills.
Worth was a noted comic and genre artist. He was born in February of 1834 in New York City. He sold his first comic sketch to Nathaniel Currier in 1855 and later became one of the most popular of the artists whose work was lithographed by Currier and Ives. Though best known for his comics he also did make may racing scenes. He lived for many years on Long Island, though eventually he moved to Staten Island. Worth died in 1917.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1889
maker
Currier & Ives
Worth, Thomas
ID Number
DL.60.3229
catalog number
60.3229

Nothing is important enough to tear a man away from his radio & Steve Himself

Camera-ready pen and ink drawing by Rube Goldberg for the single cell cartoon Nothing is important enough to tear a man away from his radio, and for the cartoon series Steve Himself, undated. Goldberg drew for the Steve Himself series between 1921 and 1930.Currently not on view
Description
Camera-ready pen and ink drawing by Rube Goldberg for the single cell cartoon Nothing is important enough to tear a man away from his radio, and for the cartoon series Steve Himself, undated. Goldberg drew for the Steve Himself series between 1921 and 1930.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
Monday January 29, no year date
date made
Monday, January 29, unknown year
original artist
Goldberg, Rube
ID Number
GA.23491
catalog number
23491
accession number
1972.299186

The Great International Caledonian Games Held at Jones Woods, New York City, July 1st, 1867 ... 1868

Colored print of Scottish Games. Proof before letters. A ring of spectators, many dressed in kilts with bagpipes, surrounding participants engaged in a variety of games on an open field. Tents in background.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Colored print of Scottish Games. Proof before letters. A ring of spectators, many dressed in kilts with bagpipes, surrounding participants engaged in a variety of games on an open field. Tents in background.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1868
publisher
Kelly & Whitehill
maker
Giles, John Lawrence
printer
Hart, Charles
ID Number
DL.60.2404
catalog number
60.2404
accession number
228146

Predictions for the Year 2070 A.D.

Watercolor drawing by Rube Goldberg for the single cell cartoon Predictions for the Year 2070 A.D., 1970.Considered to be Rube's last cartoon, this watercolor drawing looks humorously at problems with politics, women's liberation, scientific invention and the generation gap, and
Description
Watercolor drawing by Rube Goldberg for the single cell cartoon Predictions for the Year 2070 A.D., 1970.
Considered to be Rube's last cartoon, this watercolor drawing looks humorously at problems with politics, women's liberation, scientific invention and the generation gap, and the potential for those issues to continue for at least one hundred years.
Rube Goldberg (1883-1970) was best known for the invention comic art series The Inventions of Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts that he created for local and national newspapers between 1914 and the 1964. In a career that spanned more than half a century, he created some 50,000 individual and series cartoons. His subjects included American politics, sports, and everyday, timeless concerns. As he said in 1940, "Humor comes from everyday situations, because nothing is as funny as real life."
His best-remembered invention comic series looks at everyday life and our love-hate relationship with technology. The series reminds us of the disquieting feelings we have when using new mechanical devices that offer progress while taking away the comfort of an acquired skill or an older way of performing a task. The automobile, the airplane, the telephone, and the radio, among other conveniences, had not been invented when Rube Goldberg was born in 1883. They were world-wide and life-changing innovations by the 1920s, to which everyone was becoming accustomed. The inventions promised hours of entertainment and freedom, but at the same time created fear and feelings of loss of human importance.
Along with the more common fear that the new technologies would take the place of manual labor and human intelligence, Rube Goldberg also came to believe that individualism was disappearing. The more we gave in to the use of innovations and commodities, he felt, the less room there was for our individual perceptions, concerns, and activities. In 1921, for example, he declared that the telephone had "superseded the dog as man's best friend."
Another of Rube Goldberg's continuing themes touched on the humor of man's situation, even to his last cartoons; that nothing really changes no matter how persistent we are, and that man has a "capacity for exerting maximum effort to accomplish minimum results."
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1970
original artist
Goldberg, Rube
Goldberg, Rube
ID Number
GA.23483
catalog number
GA*23483
accession number
1972.299186

Where to Spend the Summer & Foolish Questions - No. 4,703

Camera-ready pen and ink drawings by Rube Goldberg for the single cell cartoon Where to Spend the Summer and cartoon series Foolish Questions, undated.
Description
Camera-ready pen and ink drawings by Rube Goldberg for the single cell cartoon Where to Spend the Summer and cartoon series Foolish Questions, undated. Goldberg drew for the Foolish Questions series between 1909 and 1934.
The artist looks at the benefits of spending vacation in unusual locations and separately gives a sarcastic look at manual labor.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
Friday May 18 no year date
date made
Friday, May 18, unknown year
original artist
Goldberg, Rube
ID Number
GA.23490
catalog number
23490
accession number
1972.229186

Alarm Clock

Alarm Clock by Rube Goldberg, circa 1970.
Description
Alarm Clock by Rube Goldberg, circa 1970. This non-working, sculpted model signed by Rube Goldberg was crafted [during the 1960s] to replicate a cartoon from the series The Inventions of Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts that he drew for between 1914 and 1964.
Inscription: At 6 a.m. garbage man picks up ashcan, causing mule to kick over statue of Indian warrior. Arrow punctures bucket and ice cubes fall on false teeth, causing them to chatter and nip elephant's tail. Elephant raises his trunk in pain, pressing lever which starts toy maestro to lead quartet in sad song. Sentimental girl breaks down and cries into flower pot, causing flower to grow and tickle man's feet. He rocks with laughter, starting machine that rings gong and slides sleeper out of bed into slippers on wheels, which propel him into bathroom where cold shower really wakes him up.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
circa 1970
depicted
Butts, Lucifer Gorgonzola
original artist
Goldberg, Rube
ID Number
GA.23502
accession number
1972.289709
catalog number
GA*23502
accession number
289709

Dan Rice. The Celebrated Shaksperian sic Clown

This black and white print is an oval full-length portrait of the showman/clown Dan Rice, surrounded by six smaller, full-length oval depictions of him in various roles.
Description
This black and white print is an oval full-length portrait of the showman/clown Dan Rice, surrounded by six smaller, full-length oval depictions of him in various roles. The title of the print appears at the top and the word “Clown” at the bottom.
Dan Rice (1823-1900) was one of America's most famous circus clowns, known for performances that included singing, dancing, shows of strength, trick riding, and trained animal acts. He was also a celebrated humorist, whose comedy acts ranged over the years from Shakespearean parodies to biting political satire. Born Daniel McLaren in New York City, Rice worked as a jockey as a boy and launched his performing career at the age of seventeen with a song and dance routine and a trained pig he called Lord Byron. He joined his first circus as a strongman and in 1844 began performing as a clown. By the late 1840s he had established his own one-ring circus, called Dan Rice’s Great Show. Sporting a trademark Uncle Sam beard, he described himself as the “Great American Humorist.” He later entered politics, running for the Pennsylvania State Senate and in 1868 for president of the United States, although he eventually dropped out. Alcoholism contributed to the eventual decline of his circus career, and he stopped touring in 1885.
This lithograph was produced by G. & W. Endicott. George Endicott (1802-1848) was born in Canton, Massachusetts. He worked as an ornamental painter in Boston before turning to lithography around 1828. In 1830, he went into business with Moses Swett (1804-1838), a native of Poland who had worked previously for the Pendleton lithography firm as an artist and draftsman. Endicott & Swett first opened in Baltimore but moved to New York in 1831. The partnership dissolved in 1834, and Swett continued to work on his own in New York from 1834-1837. Endicott stayed on as the head of the company which his brother William (1816-1851) later joined. After George Endicott’s death in 1848, William ran the firm as William Endicott & Co.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1846-1849
depicted
Rice, Dan
maker
G. & W. Endicott
ID Number
DL.60.3010
catalog number
60.3010
accession number
228146

Elmore Smith Basketball Card

This Elmore Smith basketball card is number 76 in a series of 264 that was manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1972-1973 National Basketball Association (NBA) season. The front of the card features a posed picture of the Buffalo Braves center on a pink background.
Description
This Elmore Smith basketball card is number 76 in a series of 264 that was manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1972-1973 National Basketball Association (NBA) season. The front of the card features a posed picture of the Buffalo Braves center on a pink background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Elmore is first 7-footer to play for Braves,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.
Elmore played in the NBA from 1971-1979 as a member of the Buffalo Braves, Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Cleveland Cavaliers. Elmore led the league in blocks in 1974 with an average of 4.9 per game, which remains the third-highest ever recorded for a single season. Smith also set the single-game record for blocks with 17 in a 1973 game against Portland.
date made
1972
copyright date
1973
publisher
NBA Properties, Inc.
Topps Chewing Gum
depicted
Smith, Elmore
maker
Topps Company, Inc.
NBA Properties, Inc.
ID Number
1982.0568.108
accession number
1982.0568
catalog number
1982.0568.108

New York Yankees Official Program and Score Card, 1956

This New York Yankee's program was acquired for a game against the Boston Red Sox, held at Yankee Stadium on August 15, 1956. The Yankees won the game 6-4, and would go on to finishing the season 97-57, first in the American League.
Description
This New York Yankee's program was acquired for a game against the Boston Red Sox, held at Yankee Stadium on August 15, 1956. The Yankees won the game 6-4, and would go on to finishing the season 97-57, first in the American League. In the World Series they defeated cross-town rivals, the Brooklyn Dodgers, four games to three. It was the Yankees 17th championship.
Managed by Casey Stengel, the 1956 Yankees were led by American League Most Valuable Player Mickey Mantle, who hit .353 with 52 home runs and 130 runs batted in. Other notable players included catcher Yogi Berra, first baseman Bill "Moose" Skowron, outfielder Hank Bauer, and pitchers White Ford, Johnny Kucks, and Don Larsen.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1956
thru person
Rinsland, George
publisher
Stevens, Harry
associated institution
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
maker
Stevens, Harry
ID Number
CL.310547.092B
accession number
310547
catalog number
310547.092B

1958 World Series Program

A year after winning the World Series, the Milwaukee Braves found themselves once again playing the New York Yankees for baseball's crown.
Description
A year after winning the World Series, the Milwaukee Braves found themselves once again playing the New York Yankees for baseball's crown. After establishing a three game to one lead, the Braves seemed on route to consecutive titles before the Yankees surprisingly overcame the deficit to take the seven- game series. It was New York's 18th World Series championship.
That season, the Braves were led by the bat of outfielder Hank Aaron, (.367, 30 home runs, 95 runs batted in,) and third baseman Eddie Matthews, (31 home runs, 77 runs batted in.) 37 year old Warren Spahn led Braves pitching staff, finishing the year with a record of 22-11.
The Yankees, winners of six of the past ten World Series, were again led by outfielder Mickey Mantle (.302, 42 home runs, 97 runs batted in) and Catcher Yogi Berra (22 home runs, 90 runs batted in). Whitey Ford (14-7. 2.01 ERA) and Bob Turley (21-7, 2.97) spearheaded a strong Yankee battery on the mound.
The Milwaukee Braves had moved from Boston, MA to Wisconsin in 1953. They would relocate to Atlanta, GA in 1966.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1958
thru person
Rinsland, George
associated institution
New York Yankees
Milwaukee Braves
ID Number
CL.310547.098
catalog number
310547.098
accession number
310547

New York Yankees Official Program and Score Card, 1949

This program was bought at a game held at Yankee Stadium on July 5, 194/9. Although the Yankees lost the game to the Boston Red Sox 4-2, they would go on to finish the season 97-57, narrowly edging out Boston for the American League pennant,.
Description
This program was bought at a game held at Yankee Stadium on July 5, 194/9. Although the Yankees lost the game to the Boston Red Sox 4-2, they would go on to finish the season 97-57, narrowly edging out Boston for the American League pennant,. In the World Series the Yankees would defeat their cross-town rivals, the Brooklyn Dodgers, four games to one. It was the Yankees 16th championship.
In Casey Stengel's first year as Yankee's manager, the 1949 Yankees roster were led by a strong pitching staff as well as outfielder Joe Dimaggio, Catcher Yogi Berra, and shortstop Phil Rizzuto.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1949
thru person
Rinsland, George
publisher
Stevens, Harry
associated institution
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
maker
Stevens, Harry
ID Number
CL.310547.092A
accession number
310547
catalog number
310547.092A

New York Giants, 1952

Official baseball program for the New York Giant's 1952 season. The program was purchased for game held on June 14, with the Giants beating the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3.
Description (Brief)
Official baseball program for the New York Giant's 1952 season. The program was purchased for game held on June 14, with the Giants beating the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3. The game did not feature Giants' outfielder, and future hall-of-famer, Willie Mays, who had won the previous year's rookie of the year honors, as he had been called up for military service in May.
In 1952, the Giants, defending National League champions, barely missed a second World Series appearance, finishing second in the National League with a record of 92-62. Managed by Leo Durocher, the team was led by hard-hitting third baseman Bobby Thompson, shortstop Al Dark, and pitchers Jim Hearn and Sam Maglie.
The Giants play in 1883 as the New York Gothams, changing their name to the Giants two years later. The Manhattan based team reached 14 World Series, winning five, before relocating to San Francisco, CA in 1958.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1952
thru person
Rinsland, George
publisher
Stevens, Harry
associated institution
New York Giants
Saint Louis Cardinals
maker
Stevens, Harry
ID Number
CL.310547.091A
accession number
310547
catalog number
310547.091A

Yankee Stadium Ticket Booth

Ticket booth from the original Yankee Stadium.In 1923 the New York Yankees baseball team built a new $2.4 million dollar ballpark in the Bronx.
Description
Ticket booth from the original Yankee Stadium.
In 1923 the New York Yankees baseball team built a new $2.4 million dollar ballpark in the Bronx. Yankee Stadium, with its triple-decked seating and copper roof, was built to reflect the newfound status of the Yankees as being one of the most popular teams in the sport. The Stadium was one of many new massive sporting arenas built during the era to accommodate the growing throngs of spectators.
The reason for the Yankee's newfound popularity is directly attributable to the club's 1919 acquisition of outfielder George Herman "Babe" Ruth (1895-1948.) His popularity was such that he quickly became the biggest draw in baseball. The new Yankee Stadium was immediately dubbed The House that Ruth Built.
Ruth was essential in creating what became known as the the Yankee Dynasty, with the team currently in possession of 27 World Series trophies, the most of any team.
The stadium served as a home for other sporting events, such as negro league baseball, professional boxing, and collegiate and professional football. It also served as a place of public gathering, hosting concerts and religous services.
The Yankee's played their final game in the stadium in 2008, moving to their new home, also called Yankee Stadium. Final demolition of the old park was completed in 2010.
The booth retains graffiti markings made by Bronx residents in the early 1970s.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1923
played at
Ruth, Babe
user
New York Yankees
ID Number
CL.310894.01
accession number
310894
catalog number
310894.01

Bob Feller

1955 Bowman baseball card #134 featuring Bob Feller.Pitcher Robert Bob Feller (1918-2010) played Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians from 1936-1941 and from 1945-1956, with the time in-between spent in military service.
Description (Brief)
1955 Bowman baseball card #134 featuring Bob Feller.
Pitcher Robert Bob Feller (1918-2010) played Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians from 1936-1941 and from 1945-1956, with the time in-between spent in military service. Compiling a lifetime record of 266-162 with an E.R.A. of 3.25, Feller led the American League in wins six times.
An eight-time All-Star, the right-handed hurler led the league in strikeouts for seven seasons, throwing three no-hitters in his career. In 1948 he helped lead Cleveland to a World Series championship.
Following his playing days, Feller was named the first President of the Major League Baseball's Players Association (1958.) He was elected into Baseball's Hall of Fame in 1962.
Date made
1955
depicted
Feller, Bob
maker
Topps Company, Inc.
thru person
Rinsland, George
Associated Name
Cleveland Indians
maker
Bowman Gum Inc.
ID Number
CL.310547.032.553
catalog number
310547.32.553
accession number
310547

1950 World Series, New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies

This program is from a New York Yankees home game in the 1950 World Series. Facing the Philadelphia Phillies, the Yankees easily defended their championship from the previous year, sweeping the series 4-0.
Description
This program is from a New York Yankees home game in the 1950 World Series. Facing the Philadelphia Phillies, the Yankees easily defended their championship from the previous year, sweeping the series 4-0. It would be the second of five consecutive World Series victories for the powerhouse team, whose roster included such future Hall-of-Famers as catcher Yogi Berra, outfielder Joe Dimaggio, shortstop Phil Rizzutto, and pitcher Whitey Ford.
The young 1950 Phillies squad, known as “the Whiz Kids” achieved the National League pennant behind the pitching of Robin Roberts and National League Most Valuable Player Jim Konstanty. It was the teams first World Series appearance since 1915.
I950 would be the last World Series in which no non-white players took the field , as neither team had yet integrated since the abolishment of baseball’s color barrier in 1947.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1950
thru person
Rinsland, George
associated institution
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
ID Number
CL.310547.096A
accession number
310547
catalog number
310547.096A

New York Giants Official Program and Score Card, 1954

Official program and scorecard for the 1954 New York Giants.
Description (Brief)
Official program and scorecard for the 1954 New York Giants. That year, after a 97-57 regular season, the Giants defeated the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series.
Managed by Leo Durocher, the Giants were led by star outfielder Willie Mays, who in his first season returning from military service, won the National League Most Valuable Player Award. "The Say Hey Kid" led the league with a .345 batting average, hitting 41 home runs and 110 runs batted in.
Other notable players on the club included third baseman Hank Thompson, shortstop Al Dark, outfielder Dan Mueller and pitchers Johnny Antonelli, Ruben Gomez and Sal Maglie.
The team formed in 1883 as the New York Gothams, changing their name to the Giants two years later. The Manhattan based team reached 14 World Series, winning five, before relocating to San Francisco, CA in 1958.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1954
thru person
Rinsland, George
associated institution
New York Giants
Saint Louis Cardinals
depicted
Durocher, Leo
maker
Stevens, Harry
ID Number
CL.310547.091B
accession number
310547
catalog number
310547.091B

Baseball, signed by the 1927 New York Yankees

Leather baseball with blue and red stitching. Autographed in ink by the 1927 World Champion New York Yankees. In 1927 the Yankees went 109-45, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series 4-0.
Description
Leather baseball with blue and red stitching. Autographed in ink by the 1927 World Champion New York Yankees. In 1927 the Yankees went 109-45, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series 4-0. Ball is signed by Babe Ruth; Lou Gehrig; Joe Duga; Tony Lazzeri; Benny Bengough; Pat Collins; Julie Wera; Myles Thomas; Bob Meusel; Urban Shocker; Dutch Ruether; Joe Giard; Bob Shawkey; Wilcy Moore; Ben Paschal; mark Koenig; Ray Morehart; Cedric Durst; and Mike Gazella.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1927
depicted
Ruth, Babe
Gehrig, Lou
maker
A. J. Reach Co.
ID Number
2017.0084.03
accession number
2017.0084
catalog number
2017.0084.03

Virginia Squires vs. New York Nets

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1974-01
depicted (sitter)
Erving, Julius
photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.038
catalog number
2014.0112.038
accession number
2014.0112

The Wonderful World of Horses featuring the Royal Lipizzan Stallions

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
ID Number
2011.3085.071
nonaccession number
2011.3085
catalog number
2011.3085.071

James A. Farley and Jack Dempsey

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1936-11-03
depicted (sitter)
Farley, James A.
Dempsey, Jack
maker
Acme Photo
ID Number
2013.0327.1272
accession number
2013.0327
catalog number
2013.0327.1272

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