Orlando C. Morningstar
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1910
label: date made
content: 1910
name: label: publisher
content: Mecca Cigarettes
label: maker
content: Mecca Cigarettes
notes: label: Description
content: 1910 Mecca Cigarette collectible sports card featuring billiards champion Orlando "Ora" Morningstar.
label: Description
content: Orlando Morningstar (1874-1945) was a billiards player and artist. Born in Indiana, Morningstar is best remembered for winning the 18.1 balkline billiards championship in 1909 at Madison Square Garden (New York City). In addition to participating in competitions and exhibitions, Morningstar managed, and taught billiards, in pool halls in New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh and San Diego. Morningstar also produced landscape paintings while living in California.
topic: label: name of sport
content: Billiards
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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: 1982.0568.167
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.167
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Card, Billiards
label: Object Name
content: sports card, billiards
label: Object Name
content: cigarette card
label: Object Name
content: card, cigarette
label: Object Name
content: trade card
label: Object Name
content: card, billiards
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.2 cm x 6.2 cm; 2 27/32 in x 2 7/16 in