- On View
- Sports Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- 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
- 1962
- 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
- Transcription Available
- 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
- Sports
- 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
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




