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Collection StructurePoster collection
> Proclamation. To whom it may concern: Whereas, it is now known that all of the ball and bat fund's first huge shipment of baseball paraphernalia for the U.S. troops in France went to the bottom of the sea when the American steamship "Kansan" was sunk by a German submarine and that all of the work it represented has to be done again; ... Now for a "sacrifice" for the boys in the trenches.
Item Title
Proclamation. To whom it may concern: Whereas, it is now known that all of the ball and bat fund's first huge shipment of baseball paraphernalia for the U.S. troops in France went to the bottom of the sea when the American steamship "Kansan" was sunk by a German submarine and that all of the work it represented has to be done again; ... Now for a "sacrifice" for the boys in the trenches.
Collection TitlePoster collection
Issuing Body
American League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Date CreatedMarch 04, 1918
Description
Primarily text, with testimonial letters (White House Secretary J.P. Tumulty, General John J. Pershing, Postmaster General A.S. Burleson, and Infantry Colonel R.S. Foster) on one side, and a drawing of Uncle Sam with a baseball bat on the other.
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Language(s)
Country of Origin
Place PublishedWashington, District of Columbia, United States
Country of OriginUnited States
DimensionsOverall: 19 x 25 in. (48.3 x 63.5 cm)
FormatPoster
Medium
political posters
Color
color
Hoover IDPoster US 1902
Record NumberXX343.24511
Collection Guidehttps://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
RightsNo known restrictions.
