Gelatin silver print of Charley Pride wearing a Milwaukee Brewers uniform: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Black and white photograph of country singer Charley Pride playing baseball. Pride is wearing a baseball jersey with "BREWERS" written across the chest. He is wearing a baseball cap with the letter [M] on the front. He is holding a baseball in his right hand, and he appears to be mid-throw, with his arm pulled back. There is a sideways red stamp on the back, on the right edge that reads [EBBY HAWERLANDER]. There is a blue stamp in the bottom right corner of the back that reads [GAZETTE / FEB 25 1971]

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: February 25, 1971
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Milwaukee Brewers, American, founded 1970
• Subject of: Charley Pride, American, 1934 - 2020
• Owned by: Charley Pride, American, 1934 - 2020
• Type: black-and-white photographs
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 1/16 x 8 1/8 in. (23.1 x 20.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Baseball
• Topic: Country (Music)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2012.125.99.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charley Pride
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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