Sujet

Catcher's mitt used by Roy Campanella, ca. 1950. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Catcher Roy Campanella (1921-1993), nicknamed "Campy", played in the Negro leagues and Mexican League before making his Major League Baseball debut in 1948 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. His mother was African-American and his father was the son of Italian immigrants. Dark brown leather catcher's mitt - lacks individual fingers and is to be worn on the left hand. The back has an adjustable strap across the top with leather strip ties strung through metal grommets around the perimeter of the glove. An opening is under the adjustable trap. The glove is heavily padded.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A78_111

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

69,6Mo (2,4Mo) / 41,8cm x 41,8cm / 4932 x 4932 (300dpi)

Mots clés

gloves glove people black sport country clothes museum color dress location century baseball clothing African American African-American afro-american sports equipment catcher fifties 1950s catcher's mitt United States of America Colour mitt 20th century heritage American America USA decade object united states Unknown Roy cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC gloves leather padding metal Roy Campanella Campanella Campy