Softball, signed by the 1940-1941 Boston Red Sox
date: label: date made
content: ca 1941
name: label: associated institution
content: Boston Red Sox
label: signer
content: Williams, Ted
label: signer
content: Grove, Lefty
label: signer
content: DiMaggio, Dom
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: White leather softball autographed by members of the 1940-1941 Boston Red Sox. The ball was raffled by the B.P.O.E. 63 of Cumberland, Maryland to raise funds for children's charities during the 1940s.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Autographs include Lefty Grove; Ted Williams; Don DiMaggio.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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 Frances W. Fletcher
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0807.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0807
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0807.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: softball, autographed
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in; 10.16 cm