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Trophy

Object number2007.167.472 a,b

Manufacturer Dodge Inc.

Date1940

MediumMetal; paint; plastic

Credit LineTransfer from George Westinghouse Museum Foundation

DescriptionTrophy is in two parts: the base and the figure. The cylindrical base consists of black plastic covered with a band of gold-tone metal and silver-tone metal. Band of gold-tone metal in the center has an inscription.DimensionsPart a: 11.5 × 7 × 7 in. (29.2 × 17.8 × 17.8 cm)
Part b: 6.688 × 3.125 × 5.75 in. (17 × 7.9 × 14.6 cm)
Inscriptions"WINNERS / C.I.O PICNIC / 1940".

MarksRaised text on underside of trophy reads "DODGE, INC.".
Historical NotesTrophy from a softball game at the 1940 C.I.O (Congress of Industrial Organizations) Picnic. Transferred to Heinz History Center when the George Westinghouse Museum closed in 2007.

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