11th Annual All-Star Game Program, 1943
date: label: Date made
content: 1943-07-13
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: Associated Name
content: Philadelphia Athletics
label: Associated Name
content: Philadelphia Phillies
notes: label: Description
content: This program for baseball's 11th Annual All-Star game features representations of both of the host cities major league clubs on its cover; Philadelphia's Athletics of the American League and the Phillies of the National. The game, played at the A's home field of Shibe Park, was the first All-Star contest scheduled at night, intended to be played under the park's artificial lights. The American League would win the game 5-3.
label: Description
content: Set during the Second World War, the 1943 All-Star game lacked some big names due to player's military service, but did feature such stars as the Brooklyn Dodger's second baseman Billy Herman, his infield counterpart on the Boston Red Sox, Bobby Doer, and young St. Louis Cardinals' outfielder Stan Musial, making the first of 24 consecutive All-Star appearances.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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.310547.094
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.094
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Program
label: Object Name
content: program, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 8 in; 26.67 cm x 20.32 cm