A box of cardboard red, white, and blue poker chips. The box top is red with a black bottom. On the box top is a blue band with white text that reads [POKER / CHIPS] and white text on red that reads [UNBREAKABLE] and [NOISELESS]. The box top is decorated…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.49
A jewelry presentation box with spare buttons from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The exterior of the box (A2015.273.1.1.5a) is brown with pebble faux leather finish and a brass hinge at the back. The interior has an ivory satin lining and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2015.273.1.1.5a-k
Box signed by President Jimmy Carter containing one cuff link from a White House butler uniform worn by Eugene Allen. The white box is signed on the lid by Carter in green ink. The white box is slightly discolored. There is an insert inside the box with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.5.1.9.2
White boxer shorts worn by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in Louisiana. On the interior of the boxer shorts is a wide piece of dark blue painter’s tape with handwriting that reads: [Included these because / this label…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2018.36.1.27
Burgundy leather left handed boxing glove with tan cotton tie. A white tag on top of the wrist reads “Ken-Wel / BRAND” in blue text. The bottom of the glove has lacing with white cloth ties. The top of the glove is padded. Inner lining of glove is red and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.115
A pair of boxing gloves. The exterior is dry and flaking. There is padding inside the gloves, and the glove openings are strung together with strings that appear have good integrity.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.16.2ab
A pair of red 14 oz Champion boxing gloves (2024.60.25a, 2024.60.25b) owned by Melvin Van Peebles. The outer side of each glove is made from three panels of red leather – one 14” panel for the back of the hand, one 5.25” panel for the thumb, one 2.5” panel…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.60.25ab
Boxing headgear manufactured by Everlast. Headgear is flaking brown leather with padding and metal chin buckle. At forehead is a fabric label stitched onto the leather reading [SPORTING GOODS / MFG CO. / EVERLAST / TRADE MARK REG / NEW YORK]. Back of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.16.3
It was in this gym and the surrounding neighborhood with its vibrant mix of racial, political and cultural identities, some have argued, that Cassius Clay took his first crucial steps to becoming Muhammad Ali. Black leather boxing headgear with yellow…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.19.1
A souvenir boxing pennant for “The Fight of the Century” of Jack Johnson vs. Jim Jeffries in Reno, Nevada on July 4, 1910. The pennant is composed of wool felt and has a red body edged in blue trim. Painted in black is the date [July 4, 1910] (oriented…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.107
A white terry cloth robe worn by Sugar Ray Robinson. The robe fastens with a terry cloth belt that ties in the front. The sleeves are long and have a cuff at the bottom. There is a small patch pocket on the proper left bust. There are two larger patch…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.159.4
A pair of black velvet Everlast boxing shorts worn by Mike Tyson. The shorts are solid black velvet with a black silk and elastic waistband. There is a white rectangle tag sewn onto the center front of the waistband. It reads [®/EVERLAST/MADE IN U.S.A.] in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.107.8
Red and white boxing shorts worn by Evander Holyfield. Shorts are predominantly red with a white stripe on both sides. The waist band is white with a white label with black type that reads: [®/EVERLAST/MADE IN U.S.A.]. White embroidered type at bottom of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.120.14
Boxing trunks worn by Muhammad Ali while training at Deer Lake Training Camp. The trunks are composed of a shiny white polyester satin with a single vertical black stripe down the side of each leg and a black elastic waistband. A white label in the front…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.91.5
Boxing trunks worn by Muhammad Ali while training at Dundee's 5th Street Gym in Miami, Florida The shiny red trunks have a vertical white stripe going down the side of each leg. There is an off-white elastic rouched waistband with an off-white label at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.44.5
Cataloged as “Boy adjusting another boy's socks in Afrikaner Camp for Nagmaal (Holy Communion), Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063589
