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Chicago Cubs Autographed ball

Date1943

DescriptionWhite leather baseball with red stitching and black stamps including "Cubs," "Recovered With / Worth / Special Tanned Horsehide," and "Warranted / Horsehide / Cover." Ball has been signed over the entire surface in black and blue ink by members of the 1943 Chicago Cubs.

Object numberB-2020-0223-02

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer Worth, Inc.

Subject Bithorn, Hiram, 1916-1951

Subject Erickson, Paul, 1915-2002

Subject Lee, Bill, 1909-1977

Subject Passeau, Claude, 1909-2003

Subject Warneke, Lon, 1909-1976

Subject Wyse, Hank, 1918-2000

Subject Martin, Stu, 1912-1997

Subject Burrows, John, 1913-1987

Subject Todd, Al, 1902-1985

Subject Cuyler, Kiki, 1898-1950

Subject Stanky, Eddie, 1915-1999

Subject Spalding, Dick, 1893-1950

Subject Goodman, Ival, 1908-1984

Subject Wilson, Jimmie, 1900-1947

Subject Prim, Ray, 1906-1995

Subject Hernández, Chico, 1916-1986

Subject McCullough, Clyde, 1917-1982

Subject Dahlgren, Ellsworth Tenney, 1912-1996

Subject Hack, Stan, 1909-1979

Subject Merullo, Lennie, 1917-2015

Subject Cavarretta, Phil, 1916-2010

Subject Dallessandro, Dom, 1913-1988

Subject Lowrey, Peanuts, 1917-1986

Subject Nicholson, Bill, 1914-1996

Subject Novikoff, Lou, 1915-1970

Subject Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)

Attributes

baseballs (ball)

Classificationssports and athletic equipment

Dimensionsdiameter: 3 in.

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