Softball
ManufacturerManufactured by
Tober Baseball Manufacturing Company
1912 - 1970
MediumSoftball: nylon; full grain horsehide
Packaging: cardboard; tissue paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (Circumference of softball): 12 1/8in. (30.8cm)
Component (H x W x D of packaging): 4 × 3 3/4 × 3 3/4in. (10.2 × 9.5 × 9.5cm)
Component (H x W x D of packaging): 4 × 3 3/4 × 3 3/4in. (10.2 × 9.5 × 9.5cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter Dzialo
DescriptionA softball with white stitching and marked "Triple Crown" and "7510" in original cardboard packaging.
Object number2018.12.16a-b
MarkingsAccession number written on softball in black ink under stitching above the company logo and written in pencil on the bottom of the cardboard packagingInscribedStamped in black ink on softball: "TRIPLE CROWN/ [image of three crowns]/ ROCKVILLE, CONN./ Official/ AMERICAN FAST BALL/ DuPont Nylon Stitched/ PRIVATE ESTATE KAPOK/ 7510/ OFFICIAL/ WEIGHT & SIZE/ WASHABLE/ FULL GRAIN HORSEHIDE"Subject Terms
On View
Not on view1873-1898
about 1945-1955