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Poster advertising a game between the Kansas City Monarchs and the Harlem Stars
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Paige, Satchel, American, 1906 - 1982
- Tatum, Goose, American, 1921 - 1967
- Negro League Baseball Players Association, American, founded 1990
- Kansas City Monarchs, American, 1920 - 1965
- New York Harlem Stars, American, 1931 - 1931
- Date
- 1945
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 052
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Medium
- ink on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 21 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (55.2 x 34.9 cm)
- Description
- A Negro American League baseball poster featuring Satchel Paige and Goose Tatum. The poster is white at top and has a white border. The text at the top of the poster is red and says “VICTORY FIELD / INDIANAPOLIS / FRI. AUG. 31 8:00 p. m. / Adults $1.25 Children 12 & Under 25¢. Below this in white text in a blcak square is "NEGRO American LEAGUE / BASEBALL." Printed in black ink on a red background is “25 TIMES WORLD’S / Champions / Kansas City / Monarchs / VS / Harlem Stars / FEATURING THE CLOWN PRINCE OF BASEBALL GOOSE TATUM.” Images of Goose Tatum and Stchel Page are also printed on the red background. At the bottom of the poster in white text on a black background is “SEE – IN ACTION – LE ROY ‘SATCHEL’ PAIGE / ‘THE AGELESS WONDER’ REPUTEDLY THE / GREATEST PITCHER OF ALL TIME!”
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place printed
- Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- posters
- Topic
- Athletes
- Baseball
- Segregation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.135.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Pinback button for the Kansas City Monarchs
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Kansas City Monarchs, American, 1920 - 1965
- Date
- 1920 - 1965
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 052
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Medium
- ink, metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 1 3/8 × 1/4 in. (3.5 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- Kansas City Monarchs button with metal pin back. The front of the button has a white background with a blue line drawing of a baseball and two crossed baseball bats at top with shading at the bottom. There is blue text at the center that reads "KANSAS CITY MONARCHS."
- Place depicted
- Kansas City, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Topic
- Baseball
- Segregation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.171.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Souvenir program for 1924 World's Colored Championship
- Printed by
- LeMaitre, American
- Subject of
- Kansas City Monarchs, American, 1920 - 1965
- Hilldale Athletic Club, American, 1910 - 1932
- Date
- 1924
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 052
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 9 × 6 1/8 × 1/8 in. (22.9 × 15.6 × 0.3 cm)
- Description
- A 20-page souvenir program for the 1924 World's Colored Championship baseball series. The front of the program features an illustration of two baseball players being pulled toward a large magnet that reads: [World’s Series] held by a man in a hat smoking a cigar. The cover text reads: [EAST versus WEST / FOR / World's Colored Championship / 1924 / HILLDALE / CHAMPIONS / EASTERN COLORED LEAGUE / vs / KANSAS CITY / CHAMPIONS /NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE / Offical [sic] Souvenir Program / PRICE, TWENTY-FIVE CENTS / LEMAITRE, PRINT.] The interior contains photos and biographies of players on both teams as well as a program for the series and blank box scores. Sections on the first page are underlined in black pen. The back cover features an advertisement for the Philadelphia Tribune. There is an inscription near the drawing of the illustrator's name.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place depicted
- Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Kansas City, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Place printed
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Topic
- Baseball
- Segregation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.89.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions