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