Card, Baseball
Object number2011.107.1
Manufacturer
Bowman Gum, Inc.
Date1951
OriginPhiladelphia, PA
MediumPaper, cardboard
Credit LineGift of Emilia Boehm
DescriptionPittsburgh Pirates Stan Rojek baseball card, rectangular. Front of card includes color illustration of Stan Rojek wearing a white Pittsburgh Pirates jersey in the motion of throwing a baseball in his proper right hand. Background is an illustration of an outdoors setting including a pastel blue sky, buildings, and trees.Dimensions3.125 x 2 in. (7.9 x 5.1 cm)InscriptionsIncludes the text: "STAN ROJEK" in the upper right corner in white text with a black background.
Back of card includes the text in the top center: "STAN ROJEK" written in red lettering.
Beneath player's name is biographical information, player details, and statistics written in black lettering.
Marks
Bottom of card includes the text: "No. 166 in the 1951 SERIES [in black text] / BASEBALL [in red text] / PICTURE CARDS [in black text]".
On back of card at bottom "©1951 Bowman Gum, Inc., Phila., Pa., U.S.A." in black lettering.
Related person
Stanley Andrew Rojek
(1919 - 1997)
Related institution
Pittsburgh Pirates
(founded 1887)
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