Illustrated Baseball

Name/Title

Illustrated Baseball

Entry/Object ID

2021-1004-005

Description

A baseball in a clear plastic display case. The ball is entirely illustrated with drawing in black, red, and yellow ink. The illustrations, in no particular order, are as follows: A Billings Mustangs baseball player in uniform reaching to catch a baseball (has a fence background and the number "400" to the left of the player), another Billings Mustangs baseball player holding a bat and looking upwards, a baseball diamond with a hand-drawn "Billings Mustangs" logo above and a hand-drawn baseball covering home plate that reads: 1962, Billings Mustangs, 2nd Half Champs, Cobb Field; and a hand-drawn image of an audience seated in the stands. On the very bottom of the ball reads: To Mrs Art Carrol. "Mother" of Billings Mustangs. Best Wishes from Billings Mustangs. Moved on 11/15/2022 by JAA

Acquisition

Accession

2021-1004

Source or Donor

Thomas D. Moore

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Donated by Tom Moore in Memory of Florence Caroll & C.O. "Buss" Moore.