Augie Galan
date: label: date made
content: 1947-1949
name: label: Associated Name
content: Brooklyn Dodgers
label: Associated Name
content: Cincinnati Reds
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description
content: “Exhibit” vending machine collectible card featuring baseball player Augie Galan.
label: Description
content: Outfielder August “Augie” Galan played Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs (1934-1941), Brooklyn Dodgers (1941-1946), Cincinnati Reds (1947-1948), New York Giants (1949) and Philadelphia Athletics. A three-time All-Star, Galan twice led the National League in stolen bases. The switch-hitter had a lifetime .287 batting average with 100 home runs and 830 runs batted in.
label: Description
content: After retirement, Galen was a minor league manager and coach for the Athletics.
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0213.191
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.191
objectType: label: Object Name
content: postcard
label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm