Dick Fowler
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Postcard of baseball player Dick Fowler. The card is part of a series made by the Exhibit Supply Company (ESCO) between 1947-1966. Unlike traditional baseball cards, which were often offered as premiums or in packages, the large format Exhibit cards were dispensed from vending machines. ESCO released their first series of cards in 1921
label: Description (Brief)
content: Canadian baseball player Richard (Dick) Fowler (1921-1972) played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1941-1942 and 1945-1952, the time in between spent in military service. Fowler, who finished his career with a career record of 66-79, threw a no-hitter in 1945.
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
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.310547.029.04
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.029.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
label: Object Name
content: Card, Baseball
label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball card
label: Object Name
content: baseball postcard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm