Softball Bat used by The Queen and her Court Exhibition Softball Team
name: label: maker
content: Dudley
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Official Dudley aluminum softball bat is white with a red tape grip and blue printing throughout. The bat is autographed in black felt pen by "The Queen and her Court" softball team, "Eileen [/] Lotta [/] Rosie Black [/] Doug Arnett". The Queen and her Court were a professional softball exhibition team. Led by their father Royal Beaird, the team consisted of the "Queen", Rosie (pitcher) and her "Court", sisters Eileen and Karen, their brother "Lotta Chatter" dressed as a girl, and friend Debby Bevers. The team traveled thoughout the United States playing local fast pitch softball teams throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Softball
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: web subject
content: Entertainment
label: web subject
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Queen and Her Court, through Royal Beaird
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0315.03
label: accession number
content: 1983.0315
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0315.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bat, softball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: adhesive (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, aluminum (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 42 in x 2 1/2 in; 106.68 cm x 6.35 cm