Baseball, signed by the 1984 San Francisco Giants.
name: label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
label: manufacturer
content: Rawlings
notes: label: Description
content: This ball was signed by members of the 1984 San Francisco Giants. That season the Giants finished 66-96, 6th in the National League West. The autographed baseball was collected by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), who was also an avid baseball fan.
label: Description
content: Autographs include George Riley; Joel Youngblood; Mark Calvert; Bob Brenly; Dusty Baker; Chris Brown; John Rabb; Dan Gladden; Steve Nicosia; Mark Grant; Bill Laskey; Scot Thompson; Fran Mullins; John Clark; Duane Kuiper.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Autographed Baseballs
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0342.106
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.106
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball
label: Object Name
content: autographed baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yarn (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)