Baseball Glove used by Harry Greene
date: label: date made
content: 1895 - 1905
label: associated date
content: 1895
name: label: Associated Name
content: Lukens, Donald E.
notes: label: Description
content: Baseball glove used by Harry Greene of Martinsville, Ohio during the late 19th century. Greene graduated from Martinsville High School in 1895, going on to play two years of baseball (1897-99) at Wilmington College, Ohio. Greene's grandson, Donald E. Lukens, was a U.S. Senator from Ohio.
label: Description
content: The glove is five fingered, crescent padded, leather mitt for the left hand. There is an open area for the back of the hand below the knuckles to show. A strap with a metal button is across the wrist. The glove has red stitching with the inner palm area padded. (It was originally black but has has faded to a grayish-tan color.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Ohio, Martinsville
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Ohio
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: D. E. Lukens
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0271.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0271
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0271.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Glove
label: Object Name
content: glove, baseball
label: Object Name
content: mitt, baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball mitt
label: Object Name
content: baseball glove
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 5 3/4 in; 22.86 cm x 14.605 cm