Walter Dropo
date: label: date made
content: 1950-1952
name: label: Associated Name
content: Boston Red Sox
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description
content: Exhibits collecitible vending machine card featuring Boston Red Sox first baseman Walter “Walt” Dropo (1923-2010). Dropo played Major League Baseball for the Red Sox (1949-1952), Detroit Tigers (1952–1954), Chicago White Sox (1955–1958), Cincinnati Reds (1958–1959) and Baltimore Orioles (1959–1961).
label: Description
content: A first generation American and World War 2 veteran, Dropo was a multi-sport standout at the University of Connecticut before signing with the Red Sox. In 1950 he was the American League Rookie of the Year as well as on that year's All-Star Team. Dropo had a lifetime .270 batting average with 152 home runs and 704 runs batted in.
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Serbs
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: 2000.3001.010
label: nonaccession number
content: 2000.3001
label: catalog number
content: 2000.3001.010
objectType: label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm