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1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games souvenir baseball

Overview

This 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games souvenir baseball is with the original box. The ball is off-white leather with blue and red stitching to the seams. Printing on the ball is blue. The cardboard box is grey with blue lettering. Both the ball and the box display the name of the manufacturer and the logo of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984.

Historical information

Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport. Although single exhibition games had been played in conjunction with five previous Olympics, it was the first time that the sport was officially included in the program, and also the first time that the sport was played in Olympics held in the United States. Eight teams competed in the tournament in Los Angeles, California - Canada, Chinese Taipei, Dominican Republic, Italy, Japan, Korea, Nicaragua, United States. Games were held at Dodger Stadium.

Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics]

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-100-2020.338
Item type
Souvenirs
Sports Equipment
Themes
Social History
Sport
Material
Cardboard
Leather
Threads
Width
7.2000 cm
Height or length
9.8000 cm
Depth
9.5000 cm
Inscriptions and markings

[Both ball and box display]
'Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984' (and logo)
'Rawlings'

[On the box]
'1984 Olympic Games baseball'

[On the ball]
'The Game Ball'
'Rawlings'
'RO-O'

Contextual Information

This XXIIIrd Olympiad souvenir baseball was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Vince Baker.

Keywords
1984 Olympics
Los Angeles XXIIIrd Olympiad
Souvenirs
Sports Equipment
Baseball WA

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1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games souvenir baseball
1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games souvenir baseball.
1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games souvenir baseball
1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games souvenir baseball.

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