Baseball bat from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1970
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Hillerich & Bradsby Co., American, founded 1884
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A Louisville Pro Little League baseball bat from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The wooden bat has a stamp in the middle in a black oval that reads [LOUISVILLE / PRO / HILLERICH & BRADSBY Co / MADE IN CANADA / KENTUCKY]. At the top of the bat is additional stamped cursive text that reads [Da[nn?]y C[?] / New York Yankees / APPROVED Little [League?].
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Baseball
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.46.1
objectType: label: Type
content: bats
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: paint on wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 29 1/16 × 3/8 × 15/16 in. (73.8 × 0.9 × 2.4 cm)