Jacmar Big League Electronic baseball game: Museum Object and Cultural History
Jacmar Big League Electronic baseball game: date made: ca 1952. Associated Name: Reynolds, Allie. Associated Name: Ashburn, Richie.
The object in the museum catalogue
Jacmar Big League Baseball Game is a baseball simulation game, where players hit and pitch using spinner wheels. Metal arrows keep track of runs, hits, balls, strikes, location of hits an innings, while an electric light, connected to a battery on the game’s back, indicates certain plays. The game’s box features many 1950’s era Major League stars, including Warren Spahn, Allie Rynolds, Richie Ashburn and Monte Irvin.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: ca 1952
- Associated Name: Reynolds, Allie
- Associated Name: Ashburn, Richie
- Associated Name: Irvin, Monte
- Associated Name: Spahn, Warren
- Object Name: game, baseball
- Object Name: game
- Object Name: baseball board game
- Physical Description: cardboard (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 5.3 cm x 26 cm x 20.5 cm; 2 3/32 in x 10 1/4 in x 8 1/16 in
- Associated Place: United States: California, Los Angeles
- web subject: Sports
- name of sport: Baseball
- Subject: Games
- ID Number: 1999.0265.179
- accession number: 1999.0265
- catalog number: 1999.0265.179
- Credit Line: From Mr. Lou Newman
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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