- On View
- Sports Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Printed by
- LeMaitre, American
- Subject of
- Kansas City Monarchs, American, 1920 - 1965
- Hilldale Athletic Club, American, 1910 - 1932
- Date
- 1924
- 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
- Sports
- 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
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.