Siamo Una Famiglia

AMHS Members Tour Baseball Exhibit at Postal Museum

A group of AMHS members enjoyed a private tour of the special exhibit Baseball: America’s Home Run at the National Postal Museum on October 2 led by the museum’s Chief Curator Daniel A. Piazza.

The exhibit features stamps and artifacts including those of Joe DiMaggio, Roy Campanella and Yogi Berra, as well as a treasure trove of historically significant game-worn uniforms, jackets, hats, game-used bats, and memorabilia from “America’s pastime.”  Joe DiMaggio’s 1941 contract is on display. In the year after The Yankee Clipper set his still unmatched record of hitting in 56 straight games, his immigrant father’s fishing boat was confiscated because the elder DiMaggio was not a U.S. citizen and due to the crackdown by the federal government on Italians working in coastal areas.   Dan showed the group not only the baseball exhibit but much more too, sharing his extensive knowledge of postal history, the museum and Italian stamps.  He recounted that Charles Ponzi’s famous Ponzi scheme involved the postal service.

Dan had given a well received online presentation to the AMHS on July 31 on the history of Italian stamps during the Fascist period. The Society thanks him for his generosity in sharing his time on his day off to guide the tour.