One of a Pair of Baseball Sliding Pads used by Betsy Jochum of the South Bend Blue Sox
name: label: wearer
content: Jochum, Betsy
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One of a pair of white quilted baseball sliding pads worn by Betsy Johcum of the South Bend Blue Sox in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Betsy Jochum (b. 1921) was one of the original sixty members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, founded in 1943. Jochum played the entirety of her six year career (1943-1948) with the South Bend (Indiana) Blue Sox.
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: All American Girls Baseball League
label: web subject
content: Women
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
label: Exhibition
content: Change Your Game
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Betsy Jochum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0183.05.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0183
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0183.05.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sliding pad, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 11 in; x 27.94 cm x 27.94 cm