Eleanor Linkous Washington, D.C. Sports Memorabilia Collection
Object Details
- Collector
- Linkous, Eleanor
- Place
- Washington (D.C.) -- Sports
- Topic
- Football -- 1940-1950 -- Washington (D.C.)
- Sports -- Washington (D.C.)
- Baseball -- 1920-1960 -- Washington (D.C.)
- Provenance
- The collection was donated by Eleanor Linkous in 2001.
- Collector
- Linkous, Eleanor
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- Eleanor Linkous Washington, D.C. Sports Memorabilia Collection
- Biographical / Historical
- Eleanor Linkous is a Smithsonian volunteer and baseball fan. She offered the items, which she inherited from her aunt, to the Archives Center after attending a Smithsonian Associates event on April 18, 2001, highlighting the Archives Center=s baseball collections.
- Extent
- 0.12 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Date
- 1925-1956
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0774
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Tickets
- Memorabilia
- Programs
- Citation
- Eleanor Linkous Washington, D.C. Sports Memorabilia Collection, 1925-1956, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
- Arrangement
- 1 series.
- Processing Information
- Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated.
- Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Tickets
- Memorabilia -- 20th century
- Programs -- 1930-2000
- Scope and Contents
- A scorecard and program from the 1925 World Series; a scorecard and program for the 1937 All-Star Game; a program from the National Football League's World Championship game, 1942; and a program and scorecard from the 1956 All-Star Game. All of these games were played in Washington, D.C. Also includes some articles and two ticket stubs from the 1956 All-Star Game.
- Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503511614395-1503511614398-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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