Negro League Museum - Kansas City - 11-2-2019
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Negro League Baseball Museum (NLBM) - Kansas City - 11-2-19

Friends Kyle Olson, Dan Herzog and Dave Wiggins at NLBM

Negro League Baseball Museum was established in 1990

Movie on negro league history inside the museum

Mural inside the NLBM

Display highlighting independent negro league teams

Photo of 1919 Chicago American Giants with player-manager Rube Foster

Inside the NLBM

Displays inside the NLBM

Kansas City Monarchs Team Bus

Kansas City Monarchs uniform

First colored world series in 1924

Josh Gibson - the power hitter with the Homestead Grays

Inside the NLBM

Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson while playing for the Pittsburgh Crawfords in 1932

The negro league had Clown Teams for fan amusement

Clown Game advertisement from the mid 1970s

Satchel Paige display in the NLBM

Satchel Paige photo with the Kansas City Monarchs

Young Satchel Paige display

Display of typical hotel room size with Satchel Paige

Display inside the NLBM

Jackie Robinson with the Kansas City Monarchs in 1944

Jackie Robinson with Branch Rickey as he signs a major leage contract with the Dodgers

Jackie Robinson with 1947 teammates Spider Jorgenson, Pee Wee Reese and Eddie Stankey

Seventeen year old Willie Mays stars with the 1948 Birmingham Black Barons

1958 photo of Clown Prince Joe Henry with the Detroit Stars

1961 exhibition game featuring Satchel Paige and Goose Tatum

1962 negro leage all-star game featuring Satchel Paige and Goose Tatum

Roy Campanella, Larry Doby, Don Newcombe and Jackie Robinson - broke the color barrier into pro baseball

Black players among the best in 1960s baseball included Mays, Aaron, Banks and Robinson

Negro league Hall of Famer Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays

Negro league Hall of Famer Cool Papa Bell of the St. Louis Stars

Negro league Hall of Famer Buck Leonard of the Homestead Grays

Tribute to well known negro leager Buck O'Neil

Country singer Charlie Pride played in the negro league and was once traded for a team bus

Jerseys of teams in the negro leagues

Jerseys of teams in the negro leagues

Statues of Hall of Famers positioned in the field

Statues of Hall of Famers positioned in the field including pitcher Satchel Paige

Friend Dan Herzog at bat at the Negro League Museum

Statue of Hall of Famer Buck Leonard

Statue of Hall of Famer Cool Papa Bell

Statue of Hall of Famer Ray Dandridge