Baseball stamped with the Negro American League logo
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].
Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture...
1937-1962
Cork, yarn, leather, ink
7.6 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm
2013.135.1ab
Image and text © National Museum of African American History and Culture, 2020
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Permanent collection