Baseball
- Object Name:
- Baseball
- Object ID:
- 1991.012
- Creator:
- Rawlings Sporting Goods Company
- Place of Origin:
- Costa Rica
- Date:
- 1991
- Description:
- Baseball, Rawlings Official American League, with two signatures: 1) Bob Tewksbury, baseball player, and 2) Isabel A. Rolfe, widow of player Red Rolfe. Ball is white leather, with red stitching. Printing on ball: "Rawlings / Costa Rica", "OFFICIAL BALL / AMERICAN LEAGUE / Bobby Brown Pres.", "CUSHIONED CORK CENTER / RO-A." In original box.
- Material:
- Leather
Cork - Dimensions:
- Dia-2.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Ball purchased by NHHS in advance of the opening of exhibition, "Heroes and Ordinary Men: Baseball in New Hampshire." Bob Tewksbury and Isabel A. Rolfe signed the ball at the opening of that exhibit, on February 15, 1991.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Baseball, Baseballs, Baseball players
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