1938 Australian Baseball Carnival poster

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Overview

The 1938 Australian Baseball Carnival poster is printed in black and red on cream-coloured light card. The wording on the poster indicates when and where the carnival will be held and the teams that will compete. A hand-drawn image depicts a baseball runner's foot making contact with the base just before the baseball reaches the baseman.

Historical information

The 1938 Claxton Shield was the fifth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held at the WACA Ground and Subiaco Oval in Perth, Western Australia from the 6th to 13th August. New South Wales won the Shield for the second time, successfully defending their title from the previous year. Hosts Western Australia had their best finish, losing to New South Wales in the final to finish second overall. The other participating teams were Victoria and South Australia.

Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Claxton_Shield]

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.295

Item type

Posters

Themes

Social History
Sport

Material

Card

Width

28 cm

Height or length

40 cm

Inscriptions and markings

'Thrill to a new spectacle
Interstate Baseball by Australia's best players
N.S.W. VIC. S.A. W.A.
Brilliant teams at the Australian Baseball Carnival
W.A.C.A. Aug. 6th to 11th
Subiaco Oval Aug.13th'

Contextual Information

1938 was only the second year Western Australia competed in the Australian Baseball Carnival. It was the first time the State hosted the championship and the poster invites spectators to 'thrill to a new spectacle of interstate baseball'. The poster forms part of a scrapbook which belonged to 1938 Western Australian State team vice-captain Glen Dunstan. The scrapbook was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by the Dunstan family.

Keywords

Australian Baseball Carnival

Claxton Shield 1938

Interstate Baseball Series 1938

WACA Oval, Perth, Western Australia

Subiaco Oval, Perth

Victorian State Baseball Team

New South Wales State Baseball Team

South Australian State Baseball Team

Western Australian State Baseball Team

Glen Dunstan

Place made

Australia

Statement of significance

A rare poster from the first Australian Baseball Championship series held in Perth, Western Australia. It has historic, social and artistic significance and is in excellent condition. It has impeccable provenance.

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Baseball WA

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