Dave Philley
date: label: date made
content: ca 1947
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Chicago White Sox
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description
content: Postcard of baseball player Dave Philley. 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
content: Switch-hitting outfielder Dave Philley began his career with the Chicago White Sox in 1941. After spending the next few years in military service, he rejoined the club in 1946. Over the course of a long and peripatetic career that lasted until 1962, Philley would play for the White Sox on three different occasions, also spending time with the Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, and Boston Red Sox.
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.029.01
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.029.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
label: Object Name
content: Card, Baseball
label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
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