Souvenir Baseball Ball from the Movie The Natural: Museum Object and Cultural History
Souvenir Baseball Ball from the Movie The Natural: date made: 1984. referenced: Redford, Robert. maker: Louisville Slugger.
The object in the museum catalogue
Miniature souvenir baseball bat used as a marketing prop for the 1984 film The Natural. Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, and Glenn Close star in this sports drama about a man’s ascent to fame through baseball.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1984
- referenced: Redford, Robert
- maker: Louisville Slugger
- Object Name: bat, baseball
- Physical Description: wood, ash (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 16 in x 3/4 in; 40.64 cm x 1.905 cm
- place made: United States: Kentucky, Louisville
- web subject: Motion Pictures
- web subject: Sports
- name of sport: Baseball
- level of sport: Professional
- ID Number: 1984.0551.09
- accession number: 1984.0551
- catalog number: 1984.0551.09
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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