St. Louis Browns Boy's Brigade
date: label: date made
content: ca
label: date made
content: ca 1944
label: date made
content: ca 1940
label: date made
content: 1936-1953
name: label: depicted
content: St. Louis Browns
notes: label: Description
content: Metal pinback button the St. Louis Browns Boy's Brigade. The club was for local youth to attend baseball games.
label: Description
content: The St. Louis Browns baseball team began as the Milwaukee Brewers, who moved to Missouri in 1902. In 52 seasons, the American League franchise had a 3,414-4,465-96 record, earning one trip to the World Series, a 4 games to 2 loss to their hometown rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals, with whom they shared a stadium. The Browns left St. Louis after the 1953 season, becoming the Baltimore Orioles. A new version of the Milwaukee Brewers was Inaugurated in 1969.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0213.240
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.240
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in; x 3.81 cm