Babe Ruth Autographed Baseball
name: label: signer
content: Ruth, Babe
label: maker
content: Spalding
notes: label: Description
content: The New York Yankees' legendary "Sultan of Swat" signed this baseball for a fan during a visit to Scranton, Pennsylvania.
label: Description
content: A neglected and delinquent child, George Herman Ruth, Jr. (1895-1948), best known as Babe Ruth, discovered his love for baseball while living at St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys in Baltimore. He began his major-league career as a star pitcher, but was reassigned to the outfield due to his powerful swing. With his record-setting home runs—60 in one season, 714 career total—and larger-than-life personality, Ruth thrilled fans and redefined the character of America's national pastime.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: National Treasures exhibit
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content: Autographed Baseballs
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Juliana C. and Robert M. Jones in memory of their father, Thomas J. Jones
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0460.01
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0460.01
label: accession number
content: 1993.0460
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball, autographed
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cork, cushioned (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yarn (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: horsehide (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm