Baseball, signed by the 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers
date: label: presentation date
content: 1971
name: label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
label: presenter
content: Los Angeles Dodgers
label: manufacturer
content: Spalding
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Baseball autographed by the 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers. That season the Dodgers finished 89-73, 2nd in the National League West. The autographed baseball was collected by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), who was also an avid baseball fan.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Autographs include Bill Sudakis; Willie Crawford; Jim Lefebvre; Bill Grabarkewitz; Jim Brewer; Sandy Vance; Don Sutton; Willie Crawford; Bill Buckner; Bill Singer; Hoyt Wilhelm; Bob O'Brien; Al Downing; Pete Mikkelsen; Maury Wills; Bill Russell; Tom Haller.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Sports & Leisure
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content: Autographed Baseballs
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0342.105
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.105
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball
label: Object Name
content: autographed baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yarn (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)