Baseball

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

baseball

Name/Title

Baseball

Entry/Object ID

2008.50

Description

White leather baseball with red stitching. The ball is signed in black ink, "1940 / Babe Ruth".

Context

Limited VT connections: In 1940 Harry Loyzell, of Fryeburg, Maine, traveled to North Conway, New Hampshire, where Babe Ruth was playing golf. Loyzell's uncle had previously acquired this ball from Fenway Park during a Red Sox game, and Loyzell asked Ruth to sign in. Loyzell went on to become the athletic director at Rutland High School.

Acquisition

Accession

2008.50

Source or Donor

Loyzelle, Harry F.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1940

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Baseball

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Gear, Baseball

Nomenclature Class

Sports Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Diameter

3 in

Material

Leather, Cork

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ruth, George Herman Jr. (1895-1948)