MacGregor Advertisment, Ted Kluszewski
date: label: date made
content: 1947-1957
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: depicted
content: Kluszewski, Ted
label: Associated Name
content: Cincinnati Reds
label: maker
content: MacGregor
notes: label: Description
content: Black and white photographic advertisment for MacGregor brand athletic equipment. Image features a photo of Cincinnati Reds' first baseman Ted Kluszewski swinging a bat, and a facsimile of the player's signature.
label: Description
content: The image is part of MacGregors "Advisory Staff" promotional campaign, wihere photographs feautring player endorsements were given to sellers for in-store displays. Examples were sometimes given out to customers..
label: Description
content: First baseman Ted Kluszewski (1924-1963) played Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds (1947-1957,) Pittsburgh Pirates (1958-1959,) Chicago White Sox (1959-1960,) and Los Angeles Angels (1961.) The four-time All-Star had a lifetime .298 batting average with 279 home runs, and 1,028 runs batted in.
label: Description
content: One of the more feared hitters of his era, Kluszewski led the National League in home runs and r.b.is in 1954, and in hits in 1955. In 1959 he starred for the White Sox in that year’s World Series.
label: Description
content: Kluzsewski was well-known for his sartorial decision to cut the sleeves off his jerseys as they constricted his muscular arms
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.105
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.105
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph
label: Object Name
content: photograph, baseball
label: Object Name
content: advertisement, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: photograph (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 8 in; 25.4 cm x 20.32 cm