Object Details
- recipient
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- presenter
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- manufacturer
- Spalding
- Description
Baseball autographed by the 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers. That season the Dodgers finished 89-73, 2nd in the National League West. The autographed baseball was collected by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), who was also an avid baseball fan.
Autographs include Bill Sudakis; Willie Crawford; Jim Lefebvre; Bill Grabarkewitz; Jim Brewer; Sandy Vance; Don Sutton; Willie Crawford; Bill Buckner; Bill Singer; Hoyt Wilhelm; Bob O'Brien; Al Downing; Pete Mikkelsen; Maury Wills; Bill Russell; Tom Haller.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
- presentation date
- 1971
- ID Number
- 1996.0342.105
- accession number
- 1996.0342
- catalog number
- 1996.0342.105
- Object Name
- baseball
- autographed baseball
- Physical Description
- cork (overall material)
- yarn (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
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- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Cultures & Communities
- Sports & Leisure
- Autographed Baseballs
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Baseball
- Record ID
- nmah_1190867
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-45fb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
