a baseball signed by daniel paige and josh gibson. it is hard to read that. souvenirs come out of all ballgames in the negro leagues were famous for players signing autographs with fans, just as they do today. they would go up into the stands and people would get them signed. you have a baseball signed by these two premier players of the negro leagues. such updates joined the american league. he pitched in the major -- the major leaks. and then josh gibson. he is the premier pitcher in the negro leagues. and josh gibson is exactly the opposite. he is the premier theater homerun hitter. he is the babe ruth and hank aaron of the negro leagues. so you have got a baseball signed by these two premier players of the negro leagues. and it is a great personal souvenir. something that you keep. and you are interested in keeping and having as a memento of your step father as well as the negro leagues. >> my friend's mother passed away about 15 years ago, and we went to the basement and we found these dolls. and they have been in the basement for a long time, ok? and he

a baseball signed by daniel paige and josh gibson. it is hard to read that. souvenirs come out of all ballgames in the negro leagues were famous for players signing autographs with fans, just as they do today. they would go up into the stands and people would get them signed. you have a baseball signed by these two premier layers of the negro leagues -- players of the negro leagues. >> the things they have in their basement or attics that they may not think is important but actually tell the story of our history. >> you can watch this and other american artifacts programs anytime by visiting our website at c-span.org/history. monday night on the communicators, we spoke with two industry executives at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. a senior vice president at ericsson and the cisco vice president talked about their companies and the internet on which the cloud operates. >> we talk about the networked society. that is where everything can benefit from having a connection . we put a vision forward in 2009 in barcelona, in the trade show going on ther