Baseball, awarded to Walter "Buck" Leonard
Baseball, awarded to Walter "Buck" Leonard
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- Description
- Baseball awarded to Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard (1907-1997), star first baseman of the Negro League's Homestead Grays, while playing winter baseball in Cuba in 1949.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- baseball
- baseball, negro league
- date made
- 1949
- referenced
- Leonard, Walter F.
- Associated Place
- Cuba
- Physical Description
- leather (overall material)
- cork (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- 1981.0123.12
- catalog number
- 1981.0123.12
- accession number
- 1981.0123
- Credit Line
- Gift of Walter F. Leonard
- subject
- Baseball
- African American History
- Sports
- negro leagues
- Professional
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Autographed Baseballs
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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