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This oversized pine baseball bat was presented to Dudley C. Haskell (1842-1883) in 1869 by residents of Lawrence, Kansas. Haskell was a local shoe merchant and a member of the town baseball team, the Kaw Valleys. He had a reputation for hitting home runs. After the bat was presented, Haskell allegedly hit a home run with it in a game. Haskell became a Congressman and secured the funding for the Indian School in Lawrence that today bears his name, the Haskell Indian Nations University.
Date: 1869
Item Number: 221126
Call Number: 1929.31.0
KSHS Identifier: 1929.31.0
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Sports - Baseball
Date - 1861-1869 - 1869
Objects and Artifacts - Recreational Artifacts - Sports Equipment - Bat, Baseball
People - Notable Kansans - Haskell, Dudley Chase, 1842-1883
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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