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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 View
    Community/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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50f17111f-5a43-4890-8365-a11ff8c0a903
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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 View
    Community/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
    Type
    buttons (information artifacts)
    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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd552bde85e-5cff-4de1-8c64-9cedbaced31d
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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 View
    Community/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
    Type
    souvenirs
    programs
    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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54750c429-ffd6-4fca-80aa-b965b955d640
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