Object Details
- recipient
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- presenter
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- Rawlings
- Description
- Baseball signed by the 1982 San Francisco Giants. That season the Giants finished 87-75, 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 Frank Robinson; Bob Brenly; Chris Brown; Chili Davis; Jose Barrios; Reggie Smith; Mark Dempsey; Dan Schatzeder; Joe Morgan; Jack Clark.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
- 1982
- ID Number
- 1996.0342.107
- accession number
- 1996.0342
- catalog number
- 1996.0342.107
- 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_1190869
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-ff91-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
