Baseball, awarded to Walter "Buck" Leonard
Object Details
- referenced
- Leonard, Walter F.
- Description
- Baseball awarded to Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard (1907-1997), star first baseman of the Negro League's Homestead Grays, while playing winter baseball in Cuba in 1949.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Walter F. Leonard
- 1949
- ID Number
- 1981.0123.12
- catalog number
- 1981.0123.12
- accession number
- 1981.0123
- Object Name
- baseball
- baseball, negro league
- Physical Description
- leather (overall material)
- cork (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm
- Associated Place
- Cuba
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Autographed Baseballs
- National Museum of American History
- name of sport
- Baseball
- web subject
- African American History
- Sports
- level of sport
- negro leagues
- Professional
- Record ID
- nmah_1064800
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-0373-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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