Object Details
- associated person
- Robinson, Jackie
- manufacturer
- Empress Novelty Company
- associated institution
- Brooklyn Dodgers
- Empress Novelty Company
- Description
- Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's policy of excluding African American players, starting at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. Starring for the Dodgers from 1944 to 1956, Robinson was a World Series champion (1955) and a six-time All-Star (1949-1954). Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, Robinson's number (42) was retired by all major league teams in 1997 in recoginition of his historic breaking of baseball's color barrier.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1947
- ID Number
- 1993.0245.043
- catalog number
- 1993.0245.043
- accession number
- 1993.0245
- Object Name
- button, baseball
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/4 in; 4.445 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Sports
- name of sport
- Baseball
- level of sport
- Major League
- Professional
- web subject
- African American
- Record ID
- nmah_1173617
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-2de2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
