Dale Mitchell
date: label: date made
content: 1947-1956
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: Associated Name
content: Cleveland Indians
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Postcard of baseball player Dale Mitchell. The card is part of a series made by the Exhibit Supply Company (ESCO) between 1947-1966. Unlike traditional baseball cards, which were often offered as premiums or in packages, the large format Exhibit cards were dispensed from vending machines. ESCO released their first series of cards in 1921.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Dale Mitchell (1921-1987) played Major League baseball for 10 seasons (1946-1956.) for the Cleveland The left-fielder, a two-time All-Star, was one of the highest hitters for average in the years in which he played, finishing with a career mark of .312. In 1948, he helped lead the Indians to a World Series Victory. In 1956, his final season, Mitchell was traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.029.07
label: accession number
content: 31-547
label: catalog number
content: 31-547.029.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
label: Object Name
content: Card, Baseball
label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball card
label: Object Name
content: baseball postcard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm