Baseball, signed by Louis Gossett and Satchell Paige
date: label: date made
content: 1981
name: label: signer
content: Paige, Satchel
label: signer
content: Gossett, Louis
label: maker
content: Wilson
notes: label: Description
content: Baseball signed by actor Louis Gossett Jr. (b.1936) and former Negro and Major League pitcher Satchel Paige (1906-19182). The ball was signed at the filming of the television movie "Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige," released in 1981. In the film, Gosset portrayed the baseball legend.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Haiti
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: Subject
content: Movie
label: Subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Movies
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content: Sports & Leisure
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content: Autographed Baseballs
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content: Movie Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Del Acevedo
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0005.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0005.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0005
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball, autographed
label: Object Name
content: autographed baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: horsehide (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yarn (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 in; 8.89 cm x 12.7 cm