Baseball, signed by broadcaster Red Barber
date: label: date made
content: 1953
name: label: signer
content: Barber, Red
label: maker
content: Spalding
notes: label: Description
content: Baseball signed by baseball broadcaster Red Barber (1908-1992). At the time, Barber was the play-by-play announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers, for whom he worked from 1934 to 1953. Barber also served in as announcer for the Cincinnati Reds (1934-1938) and New York Yankees (1954-1966.)
label: Description
content: The ball is inscribed " For my Friend Ronald Gabriel, good luck, Red Barber /1/13/53."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Autographed Baseballs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0243.18
label: accession number
content: 2009.0243
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0243.18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball
label: Object Name
content: autographed baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball, autographed
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yarn (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm