Baseball, signed by the 1979 Los Angeles Dodgers
date: label: date made
content: ca 1979
name: label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
notes: label: Description
content: Baseball signed by the 1979 Los Angeles Dodgers. That season the Dodgers finished 79-83, 3rd in the National League West. The ball was collected by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), who was also an avid baseball fan.
label: Description
content: Autographs include Dusty Baker; Steve Yeager; Burt Hooton; Von Joshua; Bill Russell; Johnny Oates; Don Sutton; Pedro Guererro; Steve Garvey.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 1996.0342.108
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.108
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)