Baseball signed by the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers team
date: label: Date
content: 1953
name: label: Created by
content: Spalding, American, founded 1876
label: Signed by
content: Jackie Robinson, American, 1919 - 1972
label: Signed by
content: Roy Campanella, American, 1921 - 1993
label: Signed by
content: Joe Black, American, 1924 - 2002
notes: label: Description
content: A white leather with red stitching Spalding® Official National League baseball signed by members of the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers: Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Billy Cox, Bobby Morgan, George Shuba, Wayne Belardi, Don Thompson, Rube Walker, Bill Antonello, Carl Erskine, Preacher Roe, Billy Loes, Clem Labine, Ben Wade, Joe Black, Jim Hughes, and manager Chuck Dressen.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Baseball
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.62.2
objectType: label: Type
content: baseballs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cork, rubber, wool, cotton, leather and thread
label: Dimensions
content: 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (7 x 7 x 7 cm)