Autograph sheet from Negro League Baseball Players Association Reunion: Museum Object and Cultural History
Autograph sheet from Negro League Baseball Players Association Reunion: Date: October 13, 1990. Created by: Negro League Baseball Players Association, American, founded 1990. Type: autographs.
The object in the museum catalogue
A white autograph sheet with black printed text "N.L.B.P.A. / AUTOGRAPH SHEET" at the top. The middle has a printed baseball diamond with 50 signatures of Negro League players in different colors of ink. The bottom has two printed black-and-white pictures of players and text that reads, [NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION / BALTIMORE REUNION / OCTOBER 13, 1990.]
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: October 13, 1990
- Created by: Negro League Baseball Players Association, American, founded 1990
- Type: autographs
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 17 x 11 in. (43.2 x 27.9 cm)
- Place made: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Athletes
- Topic: Baseball
- Topic: Segregation
- Topic: Sports
- Object number: 2012.172.21.5
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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