Baseball Glove, Used by Harry B. Mosley, circa 1920
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Recreational sports leagues have been an important part of work life from the late 1800s to the present. Company-sponsored teams are thought to provide good advertising as well as a way to have employees "play hard" and work hard. Henry Mosley of Rawsonville Village, Michigan, used this glove playing for the Lincoln Motor Car Company baseball team around 1920.
Recreational sports leagues have been an important part of work life from the late 1800s to the present. Company-sponsored teams are thought to provide good advertising as well as a way to have employees "play hard" and work hard. Henry Mosley of Rawsonville Village, Michigan, used this glove playing for the Lincoln Motor Car Company baseball team around 1920.
Artifact
Baseball glove
Date Made
circa 1920
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Made in America
Object ID
90.293.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Leather
Dimensions
Width: 8.5 in
Length: 9.5 in
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