Baseball, signed by the 1951 South Bend Blue Sox
Object Details
- signer
- Hoffman, Barbara
- Rumsey, Janet
- Mueller, Dorothy
- Arnold, Louise
- Wagoner, Betty
- Winsch, Karl
- Bleiler, Audrey
- Description
- Baseball signed by the 1951 South Bend Blue Sox of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. That year the Blue Sox won the first of their two consecutive championships.
- Signatures include Barbara Hoffmann; Janet Rumsey; Dorothy Mueller; Louise Arnold; Betty Wagoner; Karl Winsch; Audrey Bleiler; Sue Kidd; Lillian Faralla; Jett Vincent; Wimp Baumgartner; Shorty Pryor; Shirley Stovroff; Jean Faut.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Betsy Jochum
- 1951
- ID Number
- 1983.0183.06
- accession number
- 1983.0183
- catalog number
- 1983.0183.06
- Object Name
- baseball, autographed
- Object Type
- baseball
- Physical Description
- cork (overall material)
- wool (overall material)
- horsehide (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in; x 8.89 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Autographed Baseballs
- National Museum of American History
- level of sport
- Professional
- All American Girls Baseball League
- name of sport
- Baseball
- web subject
- Sports
- Women
- Record ID
- nmah_667495
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-c46a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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