The first baseball
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Description
Old baseball, stitching coming apart, on stand behind glass at National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Sign on wooden backdrop reads: "The first ball, 1839." Typed on back: "14. Major General [Abner written in] Doubleday's first baseball." Stamped on back: "Apr. 14, 1940." Handwritten on back: "Credited with inventing game in 1839. First baseball ever used. Baseball Museum at Cooperstown, N.Y. Roto."
Details
- Resource ID:
- hr004063
- Subject:
- Baseballs--New York (State)--Cooperstown
- Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893
- National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1940-04-14
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8.5 x 7 in.
- Department:
- Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
- Location:
- Photographs-Hall of Fame
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.