Name/Title
"BASEBALL" MAY 1928Entry/Object ID
2003.124.1.5Description
Color: Black; Red; White
"Baseball" May 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 a pitcher in his wind-up with a black target behind him 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 sport for the month; pennant contenders for 1928; visits by the President to games; professional baseball in the future; the 1927 season pennant races; a Portuguese player in the majors; baseball in Africa; 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 brittleness, creases, dents, soiling, discoloration, moisture damage, a few pencil marks, tears, stains, mustiness, and browning of the pages and is in fair condition.Lexicon
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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)