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Baseball Glove

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Collection Type

  • Sporting equipment

Date

1960

GUSN

GUSN-246311

Description

Brown leather baseball glove for fielding. Not specifically either a catcher's mitt, or a first baseman's glove.

Details

Descriptive Terms

gloves
baseball (field sport)
cowhide
nylon
stitching
Gear, Baseball
Glove, Baseball
Glove, Baseball

Inscription

"PROFESSIONAL CUSTOM FIT / TUNNEL TOP TRAP / Super Scoop POCKET / SELECTED HIDE / Instant Snap / TOP_GRAIN COWHIDE NYLON STITICHING / BL-180 / WRIST TITE [sic.] STRAP" (Branded on the exterior of the glove)
"Big League / HOLMAR / JAPAN"
"VIERA" (handwritten)

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Diane Viera

Accession Number

2002.30.6

Places

Japan

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