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."
