Baseball, with Jackie Robinson Commemorative Stamp

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Description (Brief):

Autographed baseball affixed with a Jackie Robinson commemorative stamp and 1984 postmark from Cooperstown, New York. The ball has been signed by a number of former Major League Ballplayers, including Carl Erskine; George Kell; Erne Banks; Joe Sewell; Pee Wee Reese; Lefty Gomez.

Description (Brief)

Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's policy of excluding African American players, starting at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. Starring for the Dodgers from 1944 to 1956, Robinson was a World Series champion (1955) and a six-time All-Star (1949-1954). Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, Robinson's number (42) was retired by all major league teams in 1997 in recoginition of his historic breaking of baseball's color barrier.

Date Made: 1984

Depicted: Robinson, JackieMaker: Rawlings

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Haiti

Name Of Sport: BaseballWeb Subject: SportsLevel Of Sport: Professional

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See more items in: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure, Autographed Baseballs

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Credit Line: Dr. Ronald L. Gabriel (through Thomas J. Cholis)

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2009.3098.25Nonaccession Number: 2009.3098Catalog Number: 2009.3098.25

Object Name: baseballautographed baseballbaseball, autogrpahed

Physical Description: cork; ink; leather; paper; thread; adhesive (overall material)cork (overall material)yarn (overall material)leather (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-2b9a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1391184

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