Baseball, signed by 1984 All-Star Game Participants
date: label: date made
content: 1984
name: label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
label: maker
content: Rawlings
notes: label: Description
content: Baseball signed by participants in the 1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game . The exhibition was held on July 10th in Candlestick Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. It was won by the National League All-Stars by a score of 3-1. The game's MVP was Montreal Expo's catcher Gary Carter. The ball was collected by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), who was also an avid baseball fan.
label: Description
content: Autographs include Al Holland; Keith Hernandez; Dwight Gooden; Bob Brenly; Tim Wallach; Charlie Lea; Rafael Ramirez; Mike Schmidt; Mario Soto; Dale Murphy; Jesse Orosco; Tim Wallach; Tim Raines; Chili Davis; Jody Davis; Tony Gwynn; Ryne Sandberg.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: California, San Francisco
topic: label: Subject
content: Musicians
label: Subject
content: Blacks
label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: Subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
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content: Autographed Baseballs
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0342.109
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.109
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball
label: Object Name
content: autographed baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yarn (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)