Baseball Signed by the Ontario Lakers
Object Details
- Medium
- cork, yarn, leather
- Dimensions
- 3 in. (7.6 cm)
- Cite As
- Gift of the Pierce Family
- Caption
- This baseball was used in a game played by the Ontario Lakers against Stoddert Recreation Center as part of the Guy Mason Invitational on August 12, 1974 and is signed by the players and coaches. The Ontario Lakers was a youth sports team founded in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C. by Walter C. Pierce ‘because we were a bunch of kids who had nothing else to do.’ These Lakers quickly developed into a source of local pride, as they built their own fields and were active participants in their neighborhood, planting a garden in 1972 and starting a recycling campaign in 1982. As part of the Ontario Lakers team, young people could find constructive leadership in their community and transform the urban landscape, all whilst playing the sport they loved.
- Accession Number
- 2017.18.1
- Type
- baseball
- See more items in
- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Data Source
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Record ID
- acm_2017.18.1
