Object Details
retailer
Stall & Dean
maker
Stall & Dean
Description (Brief)
Promotional poster is a paper color print featuring the image of a doughboy carrying a pistol and a football player in a leather helmet. "Ralph Heard, '18." Poem reads 'THE GAME/ It's the same old game with a different name/ Tho's the score runs a good bit higher/ And the teams have grown to a size unknown/ with God as the Great Umpire." Tolman Print, Inc. Brockton, MA. Advertises Stall & Dean "Yank" Golf Balls.
This object was acquired from the Stall and Dean Company of Brockton, Massachusetts as an example of its catalog merchandise and was never used. The Stall and Dean Sporting Goods Manufacturers Company was founded in 1898 and is one of the oldest sporting goods companies in the country. It first produced baseball, basketball and football uniforms along with football helmets. They soon expanded to uniforms and equipment for a variety of sports and was the first company to manufacture hockey uniforms and equipment.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Stall & Dean (through Henry N. Jackson)
date made
ca 1918
1918
ID Number
1998.0324.44
accession number
1998.0324
catalog number
1998.0324.44
Object Name
print
print, football
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm
Place Made
United States: Massachusetts, Brockton
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Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
Data Source
National Museum of American History
name of sport
Football
Subject
World War I
web subject
Sports
Manufacturing
related event
World War I
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1345519