Baseball card made to promote 1995 production of <i>Damn Yankees</i>
date: label: Date made
content: 1995
name: label: performing artist
content: Lewis, Jerry
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Baseball card made to promote the 1995 revival tour of the musical <i>Damn Yankees</i>. The card, made by Topps, features an image of Jerry Lewis in the role of Applegate. A photographic portrait of Lewis has been drawn over with red devil horns and a blue sketched background. The "Damned Yankees" logo has been inset in the upper left corner. The card's verso is printed with humorous "stats" about Lewis and the character. Lewis made his Broadway debut in <i>Damn Yankees</i> on March 12, 1995 and appeared in the traveling production from 1995-1997 for a total of over 1000 performances.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Musical Theater
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Christopher Lewis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0307.08
label: accession number
content: 2001.0307
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0307.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Promo Card
label: Object Name
content: card
label: Object Name
content: card, depicting Jerry Lewis as Applegate in Damn Yankees
label: Object Name
content: card, baseball ,depicting Jerry Lewis as Applegate in Damn Yankees
label: Object Name
content: baseball card
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm