Name/Title
"BASEBALL" MARCH 1929Entry/Object ID
2003.124.2.2Description
Color: Black; Red; White
"Baseball" March 1929 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 field and an image of a catcher waiting for a pitch with his mitt extended outward is below. At the lower left of the image are month and price. At the bottom are the titles and authors of four features articles, and the note that 500,000 baseball fans read the magazine. Contents include items on: a review of the sport for the month; pitching techinques; a decade of baseball; notable achievements in batting in 1928; managers; power hitters; marketing the sport abroad; Marines taking the sport overseas; current and past players and teams; and toher articles relating mainly to players. There are many photograph illustrations and advertisements in the 47-page artifact, which has spine abrasions; cover creases, soiling, darkening, stains and tears; and dents to the bottom right corners of pages 433-455, stains to the bottom right corners of pages 433-439 and browning of pages, and is in good condition overall.Lexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Baseball, Baseball playersSearch Terms
Three-dimensional, Magazines (periodicals), The Baseball Magazine Company, Baseball--Anecdotes, Baseball--Biography, Baseball--Coaches, Baseball--Managers, Baseball--RecordsLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Magazines (Periodicals)