Poster for the East-West Major League Baseball Classic

Nancy Lowland · 1970

A poster for the East-West Major League Baseball Classic held on March 28, 1970. The poster is white and features a yellow and red graphic of a baseball pitcher, mid-pitch. The pitcher is outlined in blue, white, red, green, and yellow bands of varying thicknesses. In a blue field in the top left corner is white text of varying sized fonts that reads, [East-West Classic / Major League Baseball’s / tribute to / the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, President]. Details of the event and ticket prices and information are written in two (2) blue fields in the bottom third of the poster that read, [2:00 P.M. / Dodger Stadium / Saturday, March 28, 1970] and [Ticket Prices - $10.00/$5.00/$3.50/$2.00 / TICKETRON / A SERVICE OF TICKET RESERVATION SYSTEMS, INC.] / Call [white graphic of a row of seats] (213) 878-2211 for more information]. The poster is signed in blue ink in the bottom right corner and reads, [Nancy Lowland]. There is an inscription written in black ink on the back of the poster that reads, [GIFT OF JOSEPH PETERS].