Card, Baseball
Object number2011.122.7
Manufacturer
Bowman Gum, Inc.
Date1949
MediumPaper, cardboard
Credit LineGift of Gregg Ficery
DescriptionPittsburgh Pirates Kirby Higbe baseball card.Dimensions2 x 2.5 in. (5.1 x 6.4 cm)InscriptionsBottom center includes the text: "KIRBY HIGBE" in dark blue lettering.
Back of card includes red text at the top center: "KIRBY HIGBE".
Back of card includes player details and statistics written in dark blue text.
Back of card includes an advertisement for a "BASEBALL GAME AND BANK" written in red text.
Marks
Back bottom of card includes the text:"(Not valid where contrary to State laws) / Offer expires 12/31/49 ©Bowman Gum, Inc. 1949" written in dark blue lettering.
On back at top center "No. 215 of a Series of 240" in dark blue lettering.
Related person
Walter Kirby Higbe
(1915 - 1985)
Related institution
Pittsburgh Pirates
(founded 1887)
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