Baseball stamped with the Negro American League logo: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An official Negro American League Baseball (2013.135.1a) in a Wilson box (2013.135.1b). The baseball is white with red lacing. Stamped in black ink is: [Negro American League / Wilson / Made in the U. S. A. / T] and [A1010 / W 150CC / CUSHIONED CORK CENTER]. The box is red and black and has text on the front that reads: [It's A Wilson Baseball].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1937-1962
• Created by: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914
• Subject of: Negro League Baseball Players Association, American, founded 1990
• Type: baseballs
• Medium: cork, yarn, leather, ink
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 x 3 x 3 in. (7.6 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Baseball
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2013.135.1ab
• 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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