Ewell Blackwell
date: label: date made
content: ca 1947
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: Associated Name
content: Cincinnati Reds
label: Associated Name
content: Blackwell, Ewell
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Postcard of baseball player Ewell Blackwell. The card is part of a series made by the Exhibit Supply Company (ESCO) between 1947-1966. Unlike traditional baseball cards, which were often offered as premiums or in packages, the large format Exhibit cards were dispensed from vending machines. ESCO released their first series of cards in 1921
label: Description (Brief)
content: Right-handed pitcher Ewell Blackwell (1922-1996) was a six time All-Star in the Major Leagues. The lanky 6-6 hurler spent most of his career with the Cincinnati Reds, where her first played in 1942. After that season, Blackwell spent time in military service, returning to the Reds in 1946. Battling injuries, and near the end of his career, the man known as "the whip" for his unorthodox sidearm pitching motion joined the eventual World Series winning New York Yankees in 1952. Blackwell took a year off following an injury shortened 1953 season, and finished his career in 1955, appearing in two games for the Philadelphia Athletics.
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
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: CL.310547.029.03
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.029.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
label: Object Name
content: Card, Baseball
label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball card
label: Object Name
content: baseball postcard
label: Object Name
content: Exhibit Card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm