Luke Boone
date: label: date made
content: 1914
name: label: associated institution
content: Murad Cigarettes
label: maker
content: Murad Cigarettes
notes: label: Description
content: Tobacco felt of New York Yankees infielder Luke Boone (1890-1982.)
label: Description
content: Tobacco felts, also known as tobacco flannels, were collectibles available to tobacco purchasers. This example comes from 1914's <i>blanket</i> series, so called because the examples could be stitched together to make a blanket.
label: Description
content: Boone played for the Yankees from 1913-1916. After two-year stint in the minors he briefly returned to the Majors, playing for Pittsburgh in 1918. Boone had career batting average of .209 with 76 runs batted in.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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: 1982.0566.48
label: accession number
content: 1982.0566
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0566.48
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tobacco felt, baseball
label: Object Name
content: tobacco flannel, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 5 1/4 in; 13.335 cm x 13.335 cm