Object Details
- depicted (sitter)
- DiMaggio, Joe
- Associated Name
- New York Yankees
- Description
- Pinback button featuring baseball player Joe DiMaggio. Button has an attached ribbon and metal baseball glove charm.
- Joseph (Joe) DiMaggio (1914-1990) played centerfield for the New York Yankees from 1936-1942 and from 1946-1951, with time in-between spent in military service. One of the most dominant and popular athletes in United States history, "Joltin’ Joe" was an All-Star every season of his 13 year career, taking home three American League Most Valuable Player Awards and leading the Yankees to a remarkable 9 World Series Championships. In 1941, "The Yankee Clipper," a lifetime .325 batter, set a Major League Baseball record, getting a hit in 56 consecutive games.
- The son of Italian immigrants, DiMaggio had two brothers, Dominic (Dom) and Vincent (Vince,) who also played in the Major Leagues. The native Californian made international headlines with his short-lived marriage to actress Marilyn Monroe in 1954.
- Enshrined in Baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1955, Dimaggio is remembered, not only for his achievements on the diamond, but as an icon for the era in which he played.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Charles E. and Vickie Weitzenhofer
- ca 1950
- ID Number
- 1989.0030.01
- accession number
- 1989.0030
- catalog number
- 1989.0030.01
- Object Name
- button, baseball
- Physical Description
- cloth (ribbon material)
- metal (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 1 in; x 12.7 cm x 2.54 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Sports & Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- name of sport or game
- Baseball
- Subject
- Sports
- Buttons, Badges, Ribbons
- Record ID
- nmah_683747
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-0589-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
