Jackie Robinson Postage Stamp pin
date: label: date made
content: ca 1982
name: label: depicted
content: Robinson, Jackie
label: referenced
content: Brooklyn Dodgers
notes: label: Description
content: Pin commemorating the United State's Postal Service 1982 issuance of a postage stamp depicting baseball player Jackie Robinson.
label: Description
content: Infielder Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's policy of excluding African American players, starting at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. Starring for the Dodgers from 1944 to 1956, Robinson was a World Series champion (1955) and a six-time All-Star (1949-1954). Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, Robinson's number (42) was retired by all major league teams in 1997 in recoginition of his historic breaking of baseball's color barrier.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From Mr. Lou Newman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0265.152
label: accession number
content: 1999.0265
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0265.152
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 cm x 2.5 cm; 1 9/16 in x 31/32 in