National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Japanese: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum（英語表記）NationalBaseballHallofFameandMuseum

...Population: 2,342 (1980). The town is famous for its population because Abner Doubleday is said to have invented baseball here in 1839, and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (established in 1939) was established in the town for the centennial. This town, located on the south shore of the glacial lake Otsego Lake, is where the writer J.F. Cooper spent his childhood, and the town is named after his father, William Cooper, who was also the town's founder.

From the Baseball Hall of Fame

…A hall to honor those who have made outstanding contributions to the baseball world. It was built in 1936 in Cooperstown, New York, the birthplace of baseball in the United States, and is called the Hall of Fame (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) in the United States. Portraits of those who have been honored are displayed in the building, and memorabilia and personal belongings are also on display. …

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Japanese:

…人口2342(1980)。人口の割にこの町が有名なのは，1839年アブナー･ダブルデーが，ここで野球を創案したといわれるからで，百年祭では国立の野球殿堂National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum(1939設立)が設けられた。氷河湖であるオツィーゴ湖の南岸にあるこの町は，作家J.F.クーパーが少年時代を過ごした所で，町名は彼の父で町の創立者でもあるウィリアム･クーパーにちなむ。…

【野球殿堂】より

…野球界に功績のあった人の名誉をたたえるための会堂。1936年にアメリカの野球発祥地ニューヨーク州クーパーズタウンに建立され，アメリカではHall of Fame(National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)という。表彰された人の肖像額が館内に飾られ，また記念品や遺品が展示されている。…

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