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