Ron Northey
date: label: date made
content: 1946-1957
label: date made
content: 1947-1957
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: Associated Name
content: Philadelphia Phillies
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Postcard of baseball player Ron Northey. 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: Outfielder Ron Northey (1920-1971) played Major League Baseball from 1942-1957. The lifetime .276 hitter moved around quite a bit during his career, playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, and Chicago White Sox.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Northey began and ended his career with the Phillies, where he wore the number 4 featured on this card. The left-handed batter missed the 1945 season while enlisted in the United States Army.
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.310547.029.08
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.029.08
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