Dixie Walker
date: label: date made
content: 1
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: Associated Name
content: Detroit Tigers
label: Associated Name
content: New York Yankees
label: Associated Name
content: Chicago White Sox
label: Associated Name
content: Brooklyn Dodgers
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description
content: Postcard of baseball player <i> Dixie </i> Walker. The card is part of a series made by the Exhibit Supply Company (ESCO) between 1939-1946 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
content: Like his father, former baseball player Ewart Walker, Fred Walker was given the nickname <i>Dixie.</i> In a career lasting from 1931-1949, the right fielder played for the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers and PIttsburgh PIrates.
label: Description
content: Walker, who hit .357 in 1944 to win the National League batting title, finished his career with a lifetime .310 average, 105 home runs and 1,023 runs batted in. Named to five All-Star teams, he led the NL in RBIs in 1945.
label: Description
content: Walker is remembred for his opposition to the integration of Major League Baseball.
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
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: CL.310547.029.02
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.029.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
label: Object Name
content: Card, Baseball
label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
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