Autographed Baseball from WDIA Radio Station
name: label: signer
content: Leonard, Walter F.
notes: label: Description
content: Autographed baseball from WDIA radio station in Memphis, Tennessee. WDIA began broadcasting in 1947 and is still on the airwaves. In 1954, the station increased to 50,000 watts and is known as the station with "50,000 watts of Goodwill," as a result of its community involvement.
label: Description
content: Autographs include Buck Leonard; Monte Irvin; Bob Feller; Luke Appling; Enos Slaughter; Max Patkin; Carl Erskine; Ted Turner.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Autographed Baseballs
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Ronald L. Gabriel (through Thomas J. Cholis)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.3098.27
label: nonaccession number
content: 2009.3098
label: catalog number
content: 2009.3098.27
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball
label: Object Name
content: autographed baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball, autogrpahed
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yarn (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm