Object Details
- recipient
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- Description
- Baseball signed by the 1979 Los Angeles Dodgers. That season the Dodgers finished 79-83, 3rd in the National League West. The ball was collected by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), who was also an avid baseball fan.
- Autographs include Dusty Baker; Steve Yeager; Burt Hooton; Von Joshua; Bill Russell; Johnny Oates; Don Sutton; Pedro Guererro; Steve Garvey.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
- ca 1979
- ID Number
- 1996.0342.108
- accession number
- 1996.0342
- catalog number
- 1996.0342.108
- Object Name
- baseball
- autographed baseball
- Physical Description
- cork (overall material)
- yarn (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Sports & Leisure
- Autographed Baseballs
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Musicians
- Blacks
- Baseball
- African American
- Record ID
- nmah_1190870
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-45fd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
