Name/Title
"BASEBALL" SEPTEMBER 1929Entry/Object ID
2003.124.2.4Description
Color: Black; Red; White
"Baseball" September 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 batter readying for a pitch and a red and black bordered square behind him is below. At the lower right 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; players going from minor to major leagues; base stealing; pennant talk at the end of the season; major league parks and the distortion of sluggin records; baseball's wealthiest player; baseball as a cure for industrial unrest; 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, soiling, folds, heavy stains to the bottom of the front cover and tears; as well as folds on pages 461-463 and darkening of pages, and is in good condition overall.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)