Smithsonian Collecting Items to Show Baseball’s Impact on Latino History
*They’re looking for everything – photos, newspaper clippings, old gloves, uniforms, balls – from little league memorabilia to business sponsored leagues, to minor and major league baseball. Latinos have had a large influence in U.S. baseball and baseball has been a pillar of life of Latinos in the USA. VL
By Noel Gutierrez-Morfin, NBC News (2.5 minute read)
An old baseball glove your child wore during Little League practice. A home run ball that you caught during a game. Photos of your grandfather, who used to play in the minor leagues.
Do you have any of these items stashed away? Because a new initiative from the Smithsonian is looking for them.
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The National Museum of American History from the Smithsonian is working to present “Latinos and Baseball: In the Barrios and the Big Leagues,” a collecting initiative that will gather items that show the impact baseball has had on Latino culture. READ MORE
[Photo courtesy of National Museum of American History]
