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Retailer:
Stall & Dean  Search this
Maker:
Stall & Dean  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm
Object Name:
print
print, football
Place Made:
United States: Massachusetts, Brockton
Date made:
ca 1918
1918
Description (Brief):
Promotional poster is a paper color print featuring the image of a doughboy carrying a pistol and a football player in a leather helmet. "Ralph Heard, '18." Poem reads 'THE GAME/ It's the same old game with a different name/ Tho's the score runs a good bit higher/ And the teams have grown to a size unknown/ with God as the Great Umpire." Tolman Print, Inc. Brockton, MA. Advertises Stall & Dean "Yank" Golf Balls.
This object was acquired from the Stall and Dean Company of Brockton, Massachusetts as an example of its catalog merchandise and was never used. The Stall and Dean Sporting Goods Manufacturers Company was founded in 1898 and is one of the oldest sporting goods companies in the country. It first produced baseball, basketball and football uniforms along with football helmets. They soon expanded to uniforms and equipment for a variety of sports and was the first company to manufacture hockey uniforms and equipment.
Location:
Currently not on view
Name of sport:
Football  Search this
Web subject:
World War I  Search this
Sports  Search this
Manufacturing  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Stall & Dean (through Henry N. Jackson)
ID Number:
1998.0324.44
Accession number:
1998.0324
Catalog number:
1998.0324.44
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Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-9912-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1345519