Poster advertising a game between the Kansas City Monarchs and the Harlem Stars
date: label: Date
content: 1962
name: label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Satchel Paige, American, 1906 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: Goose Tatum, American, 1921 - 1967
label: Subject of
content: Negro League Baseball Players Association, American, founded 1990
label: Subject of
content: Kansas City Monarchs, American, 1920 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: New York Harlem Stars, American, 1931 - 1931
notes: label: Description
content: A Negro American League baseball poster featuring Satchel Paige and Goose Tatum. The poster is white at top and has a white border. The text at the top of the poster is red and says “VICTORY FIELD / INDIANAPOLIS / FRI. AUG. 31 8:00 p. m. / Adults $1.25 Children 12 & Under 25¢. Below this in white text in a blcak square is "NEGRO American LEAGUE / BASEBALL." Printed in black ink on a red background is “25 TIMES WORLD’S / Champions / Kansas City / Monarchs / VS / Harlem Stars / FEATURING THE CLOWN PRINCE OF BASEBALL GOOSE TATUM.” Images of Goose Tatum and Stchel Page are also printed on the red background. At the bottom of the poster in white text on a black background is “SEE – IN ACTION – LE ROY ‘SATCHEL’ PAIGE / ‘THE AGELESS WONDER’ REPUTEDLY THE / GREATEST PITCHER OF ALL TIME!”
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place printed
content: Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Harlem, 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: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Sports
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
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: 2013.135.3
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
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: ink on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 21 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (55.2 x 34.9 cm)