BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (MAI Galleries 2A): Baseball: America's Homerun (Page 3 of 3) -- Stadiums

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Description of Pictures: Baseball: America's Homerun
April 9, 2022 – January 5, 2025
Level 2, Postmasters Gallery Floor Plan
The National Postal Museum presents a blockbuster exhibition exploring America’s national pastime. Featuring hundreds of U.S. and international stamps commemorating great players and historic moments, and drawing on original artwork and archival material from the United States Postal Service’s esteemed Postmaster General’s Collection, the exhibition approaches the story from a unique, worldwide perspective. The display of stamps and mail will be complemented by dozens of objects loaned by other Smithsonian Institution museums, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, law enforcement agencies, and private collectors. The exhibition, presented in English and Spanish through a collaboration with the Smithsonian Latino Center, will have broad appeal to collectors of stamps and memorabilia, family audiences, and diehard fans.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. BASEB3_220412_001.JPG: Baseball America's Home Run
2. BASEB3_220412_004.JPG: Baseball: America’s Home Run April 9, 2022 - January 5, 2025 FROM FAN LETTERS and post office baseball teams to the worlds of stamp and baseball memorabilia collecting, Baseball: America’s Home Run explores our national pastime through a unique, postal lens. Using material from the National Postal Museum’s collection; original stamp art from the United States Postal Service; and artifacts loaned by other Smithsonian museums, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and private collectors, this exhibition explores the surprising ways that baseball and postal history have been deeply intertwined since the early twentieth century.
3. BASEB3_220412_014.JPG: Magic Moments Celebrate the Century was a series of 150 U.S. postage stamps issued between 1998 and 2000. Each decade of the twentieth century was represented by a sheet of fifteen stamps featuring major events that influenced American history, art, or culture. Seven baseball moments were highlighted across six decades, ranging from the first World Series in 1903 to setting new baseball records in the 1990s.
4. BASEB3_220412_020.JPG: The 1950s Subway Series A 1950s stamp commemorates the Subway Series of the 1950s (although the stamp names the Yankees and Dodgers, it was the Giants who faced the Yankees in 1951). New York dominated baseball in the 1950s, fielding three major league teams for most of the decade. At least one New York team played in every World Series between 1950 and 1958, and five of those series pitted the American League’s New York Yankees against either the Brooklyn Dodgers or New York Giants. These became known as “Subway Series” because fans could ride public transit to all the games.
5. BASEB3_220412_023.JPG: 33¢ World Series Rivals (Celebrate the Century Series) approved stamp art, 1999 Scott Catalogue USA 3187j Loan from United States Postal Service, Postmaster General’s Collection
6. BASEB3_220412_031.JPG: 33¢ World Series Rivals (Celebrate the Century Series) cylinder proof, 1999 Scott Catalogue USA 3187jP Loan from United States Postal Service, Postmaster General’s Collection
7. BASEB3_220412_039.JPG: Roy Campanella Brooklyn Dodgers road jersey, 1955 Loan from The Stephen Wong Collection
8. BASEB3_220412_041.JPG: Yogi Berra New York Yankees road jersey, 1951 Loan from The Stephen Wong Collection
9. BASEB3_220412_048.JPG: Brooklyn Dodgers National League Champions canvas banner, 1955 Loan from The Stephen Wong Collection
10. BASEB3_220412_049.JPG: Mickey Mantle at bat for the New York Yankees in World Series Game Five, October 6, 1958
11. BASEB3_220412_052.JPG: Bobby Thomson hits a National League pennant-winning home run for the New York Giants, October 3, 1951
12. BASEB3_220412_055.JPG: "The game ain't over until it's over." -- Yogi Berra
13. BASEB3_220412_057.JPG: Jackie Robinson Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (1919–1972) was born in Georgia, the son of sharecroppers and grandson of enslaved Americans. He played two seasons in the Negro and minor leagues before being called up to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 as Major League Baseball’s first African American player. During ten seasons as an infielder for the Dodgers, he appeared in six All-Star Games and six World Series. He was the first Black player elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the first baseball player honored with a postage stamp, a 1982 issue in the long-running Black Heritage Series.
14. BASEB3_220412_061.JPG: 20¢ Jackie Robinson (Black Heritage Series) approved stamp art by Jerry Pinkney, 1982 Scott Catalogue USA 2016 Loan from United States Postal Service, Postmaster General’s Collection Beneath Robinson’s portrait is a vignette of him stealing home plate at Ebbets Field against the Boston Braves, August 22, 1948.
15. BASEB3_220412_063.JPG: 20¢ Jackie Robinson (Black Heritage Series) lobby poster, 1982 Scott Catalogue USA 2016 Loan from United States Postal Service, Postmaster General’s Collection
16. BASEB3_220412_072.JPG: Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Dodgers road jersey, 1948 Loan from The Stephen Wong Collection After purchasing Jackie Robinson's contract, Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey met with him privately. "Wear the armor of humility," Rickey advised. "I'm looking for a ballplayer with enough guts not to fight back." The racial epithets and death threats Robinson faced in his rookie year eased somewhat as he turned in impressive statistics. When he struggled at the beginning of the 1948 season, however, the taunting and rough play began anew–especially on the road. This jersey was Robinson's "armor" away from home in that difficult year.
17. BASEB3_220412_074.JPG: 33¢ Jackie Robinson (Celebrate the Century Series) cylinder proof, 1999 Scott Catalogue USA 3186cP Loan from United States Postal Service, Postmaster General’s Collection Jackie Robinson has appeared on three different U.S. postage stamps, an honor he shares only with Babe Ruth.
18. BASEB3_220412_081.JPG: Brooklyn Dodgers team signed baseball
19. BASEB3_220412_084.JPG: Ebbets Field Opening Day Program, 1947
20. BASEB3_220412_088.JPG: Ebbets Field Opening Day ticket, 1947
21. BASEB3_220412_099.JPG: Roberto Clemente Walker Roberto Clemente (1934–1972) was born in Puerto Rico and played eighteen seasons at right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates. His batting average was above .300 and he was selected for every All-Star Game from 1960 until his death with the sole exception of the 1968 season, when he was plagued by shoulder problems. Noted for his deep Catholic faith and his humanitarian work in the off-season, Clemente died in a plane crash bringing earthquake relief supplies to Nicaragua. The following year he became the first Latino American Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, and he was honored with a 1984 stamp that also marked the first appearance of the Puerto Rican flag on U.S. postage.
22. BASEB3_220412_110.JPG: Roberto Clemente Pittsburgh Pirates home uniform and batting helmet, 1966 Loan from The Stephen Wong Collection
23. BASEB3_220412_113.JPG: 20¢ Roberto Clemente lobby poster, 1984 Scott Catalogue USA 2097 Loan from United States Postal Service, Postmaster General’s Collection
24. BASEB3_220412_115.JPG: 33¢ Roberto Clemente (Legends of Baseball Issue) approved stamp art by Joe Saffold, 2000 Scott Catalogue USA 3408j Loan from United States Postal Service, Postmaster General’s Collection The artwork for this stamp was based on a circa 1960 photograph of Clemente by Don Wingfield, staff photographer for Sporting News and the Topps Company.
25. BASEB3_220412_118.JPG: 33¢ Roberto Clemente (Legends of Baseball Issue) cylinder proof, 2000 Scott Catalogue USA 3408jP Loan from United States Postal Service, Postmaster General’s Collection Clemente is one of only three baseball players to appear on more than one U.S. postage stamp (the others are Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson).
26. BASEB3_220412_120.JPG: Roberto “Momen” Clemente game-used bat, 1960 Loan from The Stephen Wong Collection The bat shown here was swung by Clemente in 1960, the year he won his first World Series championship with the Pirates. It is inscribed with a childhood nickname (“Momen”) found only on his earliest bats, and his player number 21 is written on the knob. Clemente gave the bat to his fellow Pirate, Bill Mazeroski, who kept it until 2013. The uniform and helmet are from 1966, the year Clemente achieved career highs in home runs and runs batted in, won the National League Most Valuable Player award, and captured his sixth of twelve Gold Glove awards.
27. BASEB3_220412_123.JPG: Legends of Baseball Of the more than sixty baseball stamps issued by the United States since 1939, the vast majority commemorate individual players. Many of these postal portraits feature specially commissioned artwork designed to mimic the look and feel of classic baseball cards and recall players whose achievements on and off the field made them household names. Here, for the first time, original stamp art and production material from the USPS Postmaster General’s Collection is paired with actual game-used artifacts as a powerful visual reminder that these players— whom most of us know only from photographs and old footage—were once flesh and blood.
28. BASEB3_220412_132.JPG: Piedmont Cigarettes advertising triptych, 1910 Cigarette vendors hawk their products to boater-hatted baseball spectators in this advertising piece. The earliest baseball cards were printed and distributed by tobacco companies to encourage consumption of their product.
29. BASEB3_220412_153.JPG: Collecting The stamp and baseball collecting communities overlap. Some postcards sent through the mail are recognized as legitimate baseball cards, while first day covers autographed by players have become collectible to baseball fans. Postal authorities all over the world market baseball stamps and postal items, and baseball souvenirs resembling postage stamps, complete with collecting albums, were commonly published in the twentieth century. Whether they specialize in stamps or baseball memorabilia, all collectors speak the language of rarity, authenticity, history, and condition. A bumped corner, crease, or microscopic tear can dramatically affect collectability and value.
30. BASEB3_220412_156.JPG: Definitive postage stamps, series of 1902-03 Scott Catalogue USA 300/306 Helmar baseball card stamps, 1911 Scott, Baker, Moore, Herzog, and Speaker American Card Catalog T332 Loan from National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum The Helmar brand of Turkish cigarettes included photoengraved vignettes of baseball players, which they described as stamps, in their 1911 packaging. Player busts appear within a frame and their name in a scroll below, very closely resembling postage of their era. Moreover, the Helmar stamps came in little glassine envelopes marked “philately.”
31. BASEB3_220412_159.JPG: Fleer Baseball Logo Sticker and Stamp Album, 1982 Loan from National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Stamp and baseball card collecting intersected again from the 1960s through the 1980s. Topps, Fleer, and other companies began issuing baseball stamps, first by inserting them into packs of baseball cards and eventually as standalone products. They also offered stamp albums.
32. BASEB3_220412_164.JPG: Cracker Jack "Ball Players" baseball cards, 1915
33. BASEB3_220412_169.JPG: Cracker Jack retail box, c 1915 Cracker Jack, a sticky-coated popcorn and peanut candy, was introduced in 1896. The brand, forever linked to baseball by Jack Norworth's 1908 song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," offered baseball card prizes in 1914 and 1915.
34. BASEB3_220412_174.JPG: $4 St. Vincent and Grenadines baseball card postage stamps The Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines described these stamps as "a baseball card set that is also official legal postage." Player statistics on the reverse peel off, exposing a self-adhesive back.
35. BASEB3_220412_179.JPG: Forever (49¢) Have A Ball! Issue printing plate, 2017 Loan from United States Postal Service This flexible printing plate (above) was used to add a textured, dimensional coating to the Have A Ball! stamp sheet. The baseball stamp in the sheet mimics the feel of raised stitching.
36. BASEB3_220412_180.JPG: Player-autographed 3 cent Centennial of Baseball Issue first day cover
37. BASEB3_220412_193.JPG: Baseball card postcard, circa 1908–1915 Loan from The Stephen Wong Collection Between 1905 and 1930, several publishers printed baseball cards at regulation postcard size, with spaces for a message and address. These are collected by baseball collectors and philatelists alike—though card collectors prefer mint condition and philatelists generally want cards that have been sent through the mail.
38. BASEB3_220412_199.JPG: Bowman Gum Company baseball card retail display box, 1953
39. BASEB3_220412_203.JPG: “White Border” Baseball Cards The “White Borders” baseball cards were produced by the American Tobacco Company in sixteen different types, each advertising a tobacco brand such as Piedmont or Sweet Caporal. This is widely regarded as the most famous baseball card set ever issued, for the number of Hall of Fame inductees it depicts and the rarity of cards such as Honus Wagner and Eddie Plank. Honus Wagner “White Border” baseball card (5), 1909-1911. American Card Catalogue T206 baseball card. Loan from Scott and Kim Ireland.
40. BASEB3_220412_208.JPG: Goudey Gum Company "Big League Chewing Gum" baseball cards As a publicity stunt, the Goudey Gum Company intentionally omitted card #106 from its 1933 set. Anyone who wrote to complain received the missing Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie card by mail. The entire set -- and the "Goudey Lajoie" especially -- have become icons of the baseball card hobby.
41. BASEB3_220412_215.JPG: Topps Chewing Gum Company baseball cards The Topps Chewing Gum Company's 1952 baseball cards were similar to those of their rival, Bowman Gum Company, but printed in a "giant" format that soon became the industry standard. The set is notable for its Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays cards, which appeared on the market so late in the year that relative few were sold.
42. BASEB3_220412_219.JPG: Bowman Gum Company baseball cards, 1953 Bowman revamped their 1953 cards under pressure from Topps's challenge, adopting photographs that captured players, uniforms, and ballpark surroundings in unprecedented detail. Bowman experimented with cards featuring action and group shots, and backs were redesigned to include player statistics. The baseball card wars were underway; they continued until Topps finally bought Bowman in 1956.
43. BASEB3_220412_224.JPG: Legendary Playing Fields Issued by the U.S. Postal Service in 2001, the Legendary Playing Fields stamps speak to the sense of community that fans derive from a favorite baseball park. Eleven ballfields built between 1891 and 1923 are pictured; made of concrete and steel rather than wood, they had seating capacities in the tens of thousands and provided the setting for some of the game’s greatest moments. Press sheets and proof material for this issue are shown alongside signs, seats, architectural elements, and other artifacts from the stadiums pictured to evoke the heyday of these “cathedrals of the game.”
44. BASEB3_220412_231.JPG: Yankee Stadium
45. BASEB3_220412_235.JPG: Yankee Stadium ticket collection box, 1950s-1970s
46. BASEB3_220412_238.JPG: Exterior view of Yankee Stadium showing terra cotta balcony panels, 1959
47. BASEB3_220412_240.JPG: Yankee Stadium memorabilia for sale during stadium renovations, 1973
48. BASEB3_220412_242.JPG: Yankee Stadium terra cotta balcony panel, 1923 Loan from The Stephen Wong Collection Terra cotta panels featuring baseballs and the familiar NY logo once ringed the exterior of Yankee Stadium. Most were removed during renovations in the 1970s; the others were demolished with the rest of the stadium in 2010. Only three or four still exist.
49. BASEB3_220412_245.JPG: Yankee Stadium ticket stubs, 1950s-1970s
50. BASEB3_220412_250.JPG: Yankee Stadium hot dog vending basket, 1930s-1940s Harry Mosley Stevens (1855-1934) popularized frankfurters as a game day food. At one point, his company held the concessions for all three New York baseball teams. This vending basket came from his estate.
51. BASEB3_220412_255.JPG: Yankee Stadium vendors at World Series Game 1, October 4, 1939
52. BASEB3_220412_258.JPG: Sportsman's Park
53. BASEB3_220412_260.JPG: Tiger Stadium
54. BASEB3_220412_263.JPG: Sportsman's Park double seat section, 1902-1966 The St. Louis fans who once sat in this double seat section ate hot dogs, drank beer, and trained their eyes on greats such as Rogers Hornsby, Dizzy Dean, Pepper Martin, and Stan Musial.
55. BASEB3_220412_271.JPG: Sportsman's Park picture postcard, 1935
56. BASEB3_220412_277.JPG: Polo Grounds home plate, September 29, 1957 Loan from The Stephen Wong Collection Thousands of fans rushed the field after the New York Giants’ final game at the Polo Grounds. One of them, Jack O’Donnell, managed to pick up home plate. In the 1960s, a historical marker was placed to indicate the original location of this artifact.
57. BASEB3_220412_281.JPG: Jack O'Donnell with Polo Grounds home plate, September 29, 1957
58. BASEB3_220412_284.JPG: Polo Grounds picture postcard, 1935
59. BASEB3_220412_288.JPG: Polo Grounds
60. BASEB3_220412_291.JPG: Crosley Field
61. BASEB3_220412_293.JPG: Crosley Field double seat section, 1934-1969 The occupants of this double seat section on May 24, 1935 witnessed the first night game in Major League Baseball history. The introduction of night baseball boosted attendance during the Great Depression.
62. BASEB3_220412_297.JPG: Crosley Field picture postcard, 1935
63. BASEB3_220412_300.JPG: The Legendary Playing Fields stamps were based on vintage postcards, chosen to give a uniform look and color palette. Four of the eleven ballparks pictured were still standing when the sheet was issued; Tiger Stadium was demolished in 2009 and Yankee Stadium in 2010, leaving Fenway Park (opened 1912) and Wrigley Field (opened 1914) as the only survivors.
64. BASEB3_220412_305.JPG: Ebbets Field
65. BASEB3_220412_308.JPG: Wrigley Field
66. BASEB3_220412_313.JPG: (left) Ebbets Field base, 1950s This canvas base ,made by Rawlings and used at Ebbets Field in the 1950s, belonged to Dodgers shortstop and team captain Pee Wee Reese. The bevy of talent that touched it -- including Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Duke Snider, Gil Hodges and Reese himself -- is staggering. Wrigley Field game-used second base, 2019
67. BASEB3_220412_318.JPG: Ebbets Field picture postcard, 1935
68. BASEB3_220412_324.JPG: Wrigley Field picture postcard, 1935
69. BASEB3_220412_327.JPG: Comiskey Park locker wall This home team club house locker was in use during Chicago's 1919 World Series gambling scandal that nearly ruined organized baseball's reputation.
70. BASEB3_220412_329.JPG: Comiskey Park
71. BASEB3_220412_332.JPG: Comiskey Park picture postcard, 1935
72. BASEB3_220412_339.JPG: Forbes Field facade haunch, 1909 There were once dozens of these decorative flourished on the exterior of Pittsburgh's Forbes Field. PAC stands for Pittsburgh Athletic Company, the parent organization of the Pirates.
73. BASEB3_220412_342.JPG: Fenway Park "Green Monster" section, 1976
74. BASEB3_220412_346.JPG: Forbes Field picture postcard, 1935
75. BASEB3_220412_348.JPG: Fenway Park picture postcard, 1935
76. BASEB3_220412_350.JPG: Fenway Park #49 scoreboard section, 1995–2012 Loan from Boston Red Sox The iconic left field wall and manual scoreboard at Fenway Park have existed in their current configuration since 1934. The wall was first painted green in 1947. The section displayed here was removed during renovations in 1976, and this handpainted 49 on the scoreboard indicated when pitcher Tim Wakefield was on the mound for Boston.
77. BASEB3_220412_356.JPG: Forbes Field
78. BASEB3_220412_358.JPG: Fenway Park
79. BASEB3_220412_363.JPG: Legendary Playing Fields Issued by the U.S. Postal Service in 2001, the Legendary Playing Fields stamps speak to the sense of community that fans derive from a favorite baseball park. Eleven ballfields built between 1891 and 1923 are pictured; made of concrete and steel rather than wood, they had seating capacities in the tens of thousands and provided the setting for some of the game’s greatest moments. Press sheets and proof material for this issue are shown alongside signs, seats, architectural elements, and other artifacts from the stadiums pictured to evoke the heyday of these “cathedrals of the game.”
80. BASEB3_220412_365.JPG: 34¢ Legendary Playing Fields press sheet, 2001 Scott Catalogue USA 3519a Loan from United States Postal Service, Postmaster General’s Collection The stamps were printed in press sheets of 160, then cut into panes of twenty for sale at post office counters.
81. BASEB3_220412_382.JPG: 34¢ Legendary Playing Fields color separation press sheet, 2001 A four-color printing process was used in which different inks are printed sequentially, one on top of the other, to achieve the full range of final colors.
82. BASEB3_220412_387.JPG: Swampoodle Grounds
83. BASEB3_220412_390.JPG: National League match at Swampoodle Grounds, circa 1888
84. BASEB3_220412_394.JPG: Goodwin & Company "Old Judge Cigarettes" Connie Mack baseball card, 1887 Cornelius McGillicuddy, better known as "Connie Mack," made his Major League debut in 1886 as a catcher for the Washington Nationals at Swampoodle Grounds. He became the longest-serving manager in baseball history when he coached the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901-1950.
85. BASEB3_220412_401.JPG: At least ten other professional baseball fields have existed in Washington, DC. Here are some of the more notable ones
86. BASEB3_220412_404.JPG: Boundary Field May 6, 1905
87. BASEB3_220412_407.JPG: Griffith Stadium July 8, 1933
88. BASEB3_220412_410.JPG: Robert F. Kennedy Stadium April 5, 1971
89. BASEB3_220412_412.JPG: Nationals Park July 23, 2020
90. BASEB3_220412_414.JPG: From Swampoodle Grounds to National Postal Museum
91. BASEB3_220412_418.JPG: Ballpark artifacts represent multiple facets of the baseball experience, from sights and sounds to excitement and heartbreak. Almost every part of a ballfield is collected when it is renovated or demolished, from architectural elements and seats to bases and pitching rubbers. Some are retained by the team for ballpark displays, or to be brought out and venerated as sacred relics at fan fests and on opening days.
92. BASEB3_220412_422.JPG: "Authenticated Bricks Available," Comiskey Park demolition, 1990 Bricks are one of the most accessible and easily collected types of ballpark memorabilia. When a ballpark is demolished or renovated, bricks may be offered to season ticket holders as a souvenir; sold directly to the public; or scavenged from the construction site.
93. BASEB3_220412_426.JPG: Comiskey Park brick
94. BASEB3_220412_430.JPG: Wrigley Field brick
95. BASEB3_220412_433.JPG: Ebbets Field brick
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