Baseball card for rookie Leroy "Satchel" Paige: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Leroy "Satchell" Paige baseball card. Baseball card features color image of Paige in uniform, depicted from above the chest. Dark blue type at bottom of the card reads: [LEROY "Satchell" PAIGE]. The reverse side of baseball card features a biography and statistics.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1949
• Manufactured by: Bowman Gum Company, American, founded 1927
• Subject of: Satchel Paige, American, 1906 - 1982
• Subject of: Cleveland Indians, American, founded 1894
• Type: baseball cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 1/2 × 2 1/8 in. (6.4 × 5.4 cm)
• Place depicted: Cleveland, Cayuhoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Baseball
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2013.120.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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