Jackie Robinson, Rookie of the Year
date: label: Date made
content: 1947
name: label: associated person
content: Robinson, Jackie
label: manufacturer
content: Empress Novelty Company
label: associated institution
content: Brooklyn Dodgers
label: maker
content: Empress Novelty Company
notes: label: Description
content: Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's "color barrier", a policy of excluding African American players when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. Starring for the Dodgers from 1944 to 1956, Robinson was a World Series champion (1955) and a six-time All-Star (1949-1954). Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, Robinson's number (42) was retired by all major league teams in 1997.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: African American
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: 1993.0245.043
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0245.043
label: accession number
content: 1993.0245
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in; 4.445 cm