Baseball used in the 1937 Negro League East-West All-Star Game
date: label: date made
content: 1937
name: label: user
content: Leonard, Walter F.
notes: label: Description
content: Baseball used in the 1937 Negro League East-West All-Star Game, played on August 8, 1937 at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois. Buck Leonard (1907-1997), first baseman for the Homestead Grays, hit a home run to help the East win 7-2, keeping this baseball as a souvenir.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: sport
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: negro leagues
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Autographed Baseballs
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Walter "Buck" Leonard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0342.05
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0342.05
label: accession number
content: 1981.0342
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: horsehide (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork, cushioned (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm