On View
Sports Gallery
Exhibition
Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
Used by
Major League Baseball, American, founded 1869
Manufactured by
Schutt Sports, American
Date
2006; used 2007
Medium
rubber
Dimensions
H x W x D: 3 1/8 × 15 × 15 in., 6 lb. (7.9 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm, 2.7 kg)
Description
Square first base baseball base used in the 2007 inaugural Major League Baseball [MLB] Civil Rights baseball game. Top of base has printed design featuring an illustration of three fists grabbing a bat. Next to the design, black type reads, [CIVIL / RIGHTS / GAME]. Text that reads: [Original Hollywood Base/ Jack Corbett / Schutt Sports] is impressed over the design and black text. The MLB logo is both in ink and impressed on the top of the base. Four rectangular plaques appear on the sides of the base. Two of the sides feature plaques that have the MLB logo next to white type that reads, [CIVIL RIGHTS GAME]. One of the other sides has red type that reads, [St. Louis] in the style of the St. Louis Cardinals logo. The last side reads in red type, [Cleveland] in the style of the Cleveland Indians logo. Handwritten in black on bottom edge of the base is: [1ST B / SET B]. A sticker is near the black handwriting. There is also a stamp in red that reads: [Nov 28 2006]. There is dirt on all over the base.
Place used
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Type
ball game equipment
Topic
Baseball
Civil rights
Sports
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2014.256.2
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a79d421c-a6bd-4c53-9eac-cc7ee5e81cb9

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