Eleanor Linkous Washington, D.C. Sports Memorabilia Collection
name: label: Collector
content: Linkous, Eleanor
place: label: Place
content: Washington (D.C.) -- Sports
topic: label: Topic
content: Football -- 1940-1950 -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Sports -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Baseball -- 1920-1960 -- Washington (D.C.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Eleanor Linkous in 2001.
creator: label: Collector
content: Linkous, Eleanor
setName: label: See more items in
content: Eleanor Linkous Washington, D.C. Sports Memorabilia Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Eleanor Linkous is a Smithsonian volunteer and baseball fan.  She offered the items, which she inherited from her aunt, to the Archives Center after attending a Smithsonian Associates event on April 18, 2001, highlighting the Archives Center=s baseball collections.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.12 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1925-1956
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0774
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Tickets
label: Type
content: Memorabilia
label: Type
content: Programs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Tickets
label: Genre/Form
content: Memorabilia -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Programs -- 1930-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A scorecard and program from the 1925 World Series; a scorecard and program for the 1937 All-Star Game; a program from the National Football League's World Championship game, 1942; and a program and scorecard from the 1956 All-Star Game. All of these games were played in Washington, D.C. Also includes some articles and two ticket stubs from the 1956 All-Star Game.