Oakland Athletics batting helmet worn by Rickey Henderson
date: label: Date
content: 1991
name: label: Manufactured by
content: American Baseball Cap, American
label: Worn by
content: Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson, American, 1958 - 2024
label: Signed by
content: Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson, American, 1958 - 2024
label: Subject of
content: Oakland Athletics, American, founded 1901
label: Subject of
content: Major League Baseball, American, founded 1869
notes: label: Description
content: An Oakland Athletics batting helmet worn by Rickey Henderson.
label: Description
content: The hard, plastic helmet is green with a yellow brim. There is a white “A’s” logo sticker in the center front of the helmet. There is a signature in black ink on the brim of the hat. It reads [Rickey Henderson]. The proper left side of the helmet is longer than the proper right side, in order to cover the ear. There is a hole on the ear flap. There are a few small holes and a torn, circular white sticker on the top of the helmet. The inside of the helmet has tan and grey foam padding on the back of the helmet and in the center. There is also tan leather with brown paint covering some of the padding around the front and sides of the helmet. There is a foam circle covering the ear flap. It has a number “24” handwritten on it in black ink. There is a white sticker inside the helmet. It has blue text which reads [american baseball cap / MEDIA, PA. 19063 / 7 ¼ / MADE IN U.S.A.]. There is a small silver, oval sticker on the foam. There is a white number “24” on the back of the helmet at the bottom. There is a colored sticker of the American flag and a colored sticker of the Canadian flag to the proper right of the “24”. There is a white oval sticker with information about the Beckett Authentication company. There are red and yellow marks all over the outside of the helmet. There are scuff marks on the outside and the inside of the helmet, and some of the yellow paint around the brim of the helmet is missing.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Baseball
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Sports Uniforms
label: Exhibition
content: Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052
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: 2019.66.2
objectType: label: Type
content: helmets
label: Type
content: uniforms
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: plastic with paint, ink, adhesive, leather, and foam
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 9 × 8 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (22.9 × 21 × 29.8 cm)