James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell
name: label: maker
content: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Autographed baseball postcard from the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. The front is yellow with a black and white picture of a bronze tablet that has a raised image of Hall of Famer, James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell, of the Negro Leagues, 1922-1950. Bell has been ranked as one of the greatest baseball players of all time included being selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. Many consider Bell to be one of the fastest players to ever play the game. Bell was the fifth Negro League player inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame, joining Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Monte Irvin, and Buck Leonard.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: negro leagues
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Scott Shaw
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0102.05
label: accession number
content: 1983.0102
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0102.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
label: Other Terms
content: Postcard; Autograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm