Mac's Best
name: label: advertiser
content: McKinley, George E.
label: maker
content: Meek Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A baseball score counter in the shape of a catcher's mitt. It is made of two pieces of celluloid held together by brads. Sandwiched between the celluloid pieces are counter wheels, which show through windows, to keep track of runs, hits, and innings. Advertising copy on one side reads, "Mac's Best // Flint's Leading 5 cent Cigar // Geo. E. McKinley, Maker."
label: Description (Brief)
content: George McKinley was a cigar factory owner in Flint, Mich., who was also active in public life. He served as the mayor of Flint in 1906 and 1907.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Coshocton
label: referenced
content: United States: Michigan, Flint
topic: label: Subject
content: Smoking
label: Subject
content: Baseball
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.0926
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0926
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball score counter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (brads material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 6 cm x .3 cm; 2 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 1/16 in; 6.985 cm x 6.0325 cm x .15875 cm