BASEBALL APRIL 1928

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"BASEBALL" APRIL 1928

Entry/Object ID

2003.124.1.4

Description

Color: Black; Red; White "Baseball" April 1928 issue, published by The Baseball Magazine Company, New York. The front cover has a red border with a white field at the center, part of which has border elements of baseball bats and balls. The title is at the top of this feild and an image of the head and face of a player is below. At the bottom left of this field are the month and price. At the very bottom are titles and authors of four featured articles and the note that 500,000 baseball fans read the magazine. Contents include items on: a review of the leading pitchers in 1927; the posibility of professional baseball in Japan; play calling from the bench; player trades during the winter; a variety of pieces on current and past players and teams; and other articles relating mainly to players. There are many photograph illustrations and advertisements in the 47-page artifact, which has spine and edge abrasions; cover creases, corner dents, soiling, tears, and stains, and browning of the pages but is in good condition overall.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Baseball, Baseball players

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Magazines (periodicals), The Baseball Magazine Company, Baseball--Anecdotes, Baseball--Biography, Baseball--Coaches, Baseball--Managers, Baseball--Records

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Magazines (Periodicals)