Object Details
- referenced
- Doubleday, Abner
- Description (Brief)
- Sleeve patch worn on Major League Baseball uniforms during the 1939 season. The patch commemorated The centennial of Baseball although baseball had been played in various forms before 1839. The anniversary gave credence to the myth that Abner Doubleday should receive credit for formalizing the rules of baseball in 1839 in Cooperstown, New York. While Doubleday's actual involvement is disputed today, he was an important figure to those who argued that baseball was strictly an invention of the United States.
- 1939's Centennial of Baseball coincided with the opening of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- From Mr. Lou Newman
- 1939
- ID Number
- 1999.0265.133
- accession number
- 1999.0265
- catalog number
- 1999.0265.133
- Object Name
- patch, baseball
- Physical Description
- fabric (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10.5 cm x 9.8 cm; 4 1/8 in x 3 27/32 in
- Associated Place
- United States: California, Los Angeles
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Sports
- name of sport
- Baseball
- level of sport
- Professional
- Record ID
- nmah_1427925
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-82af-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
