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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Photograph of Len Bias on NBA Draft Day, with newspaper clipping

1986

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Black and white photograph (a) of Len Bias on NBA Draft Day, with newspaper clipping (b). Bias is depicted on the right side of the image wearing a Celtics cap and a striped, light-colored suit with a dark necktie. There is an NBA Draft badge clipped to…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.44.2ab
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Len Glascow at the starting line of a motorbike race

1976

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A black-and-white photograph of a number of people at the starting line of a motocross race as part of the 1976 CBS competition for the top stuntmen in Hollywood. Nine riders are photographed from the proper right, each wearing a helmet, goggles, and a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.73.7
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Len Glascow riding a motorbike

ca. 1970

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A color photograph of stuntman Len Glascow riding a motorbike. He is photographed from the proper left and wears jeans and a leather jacket while sitting on a motorbike with an orange gas tank. He is riding on dusty, sandy terrain with some scrub brushes…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.73.6
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Len Glascow running on a track

1968

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A black-and-white photograph of Len Glasgow running on a track. Glascow is captured mid-motion in the right third of the frame running toward the left of the frame. He is dressed in dark shorts and tank top with [CALIFORNIA / TRACK / CLUB] printed on the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.73.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Len Glascow throwing a javelin

1968

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A black-and-white photograph of Len Glascow preparing to throw a javelin. Glascow wears dark shorts and top printed with [CALIFORNIA / TRACK / CLUB] with white socks and running shoes. He holds the javelin in his right hand and is mid-motion preparing to…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.73.4
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Lisa Glasberg, Muhammad Ali, and Doctor Dré

ca.1995

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A photograph Lisa Glasberg, Muhammad Ali, and Doctor Dré. Glasberg is standing on the left of the photo, she is wearing a long sleeve black turtleneck top or dress. Ali is standing in the center of the photo. His proper right hand is resting on Glasberg's…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.30.3.33
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Louise Graham and Joannie Floissac at Cosmopolitan Tennis Club

ca. 1945

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A black and white photograph of Louise Graham (left) and Joannie Floissac (right) at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. The two women are standing at center court. Graham is wearing a sweater and dress and has a towel around her neck. She is also resting her…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.205.11
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Louise Graham and Joannie Floissac at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club

ca. 1945

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A black and white photograph of Louise Graham and Joannie Floissac sitting on bleachers at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. Floissac sits in front of Graham and is wearing a sweater with stripes on her proper left sleeve. Graham sits on the bleacher above and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.205.12
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Louise Graham at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club

ca. 1948

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A black and white photograph of Louise Graham, the 1948 N.J. State Champion. Graham stands at center court, by the net, wearing a tennis outfit and long-sleeve sweater with a [C] on the proper left chest side. There are spectators in stands visible in the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.205.8
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chromogenic color prints

Photograph of Lusia Harris playing basketball

ca. 1980

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A color photograph of Lusia Harris playing basketball for team USA against Czechoslovakia in the 1976 Summer Olympic Games. Harris is depicted in profile, mid-jump, with both arms raised above her head and the ball at the tips of her fingers. Her legs are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.29.5.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Lusia Harris playing basketball for Delta State

1973-1977

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A color photograph of Lusia Harris playing basketball for Delta State. Harris is pictured in left profile at the center of the image, jumping higher than her opponent just behind her, with the ball at the tip of her outstretched proper right hand. She…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.29.5.4
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Lusia Harris playing basketball in the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976

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A color photograph of Lusia Harris playing basketball for team USA against Czechoslovakia in the 1976 Summer Olympic Games. Harris is pictured mid-jump, with her proper right hand palming the ball and her proper left knee raised high. Her uniform jersey,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.29.5.2
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gelatin silver prints

Photograph of Marion Motley with sons

December 1953

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Black-and-white photograph of professional football player, Marion Motley with his three sons, Raymond, Ronald and George in their living room playing around a toy train set.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.166.13.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of men playing football

ca. 1930

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A black and white photograph of fourteen men playing football at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. One of the players is Herschel H. Falkener. The football players are all wearing the same uniforms: dark shirts, light pants, dark knee-length…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.4
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of men playing football

ca. 1930

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A black and white photograph of eleven men playing football at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. One of the players is Herschel H. Falkener. The football players are in a lined up in a traditional scrimmage formation with their right hands…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.5
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of men playing football

ca. 1930

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A black and white photograph of three men playing football at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. All three players are facing the camera, standing behind one of the yard lines. The center player has both hands on the ground, in a four-point…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.6
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of men running with a football in front of two houses

ca. 1920

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A black-and-white gelatin silver print of children playing football on a dirt lot next to two houses in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At center left, one boy holds a football while a group of boys run towards the right side of the photograph. Two boys on the left side…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.79.4
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Muhammad Ali and Oscar Bonavena in the ring

December 7, 1970

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A black and white photograph of Muhammad Ali standing in the ring inside Madison Square Garden raising his arms. His opponent, Oscar Bonavena, is crouched on the floor of the ring and the referee is standing in between the two boxers with his arms crossed…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.150.8.5
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Rafer Johnson at the 1960 Olympic games

1960

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Photograph of Rafer Johnson at the 1960 Olympic games. The black and white, horizontal photograph depicts a large group of United Sates athletes walking during the opening parade of the 1960 Rome Olympics. The men and women are all wearing the same…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.223.6
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Rafer Johnson in a UCLA sweatshirt

1956-1958

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Photograph of Rafer Johnson in a UCLA sweatshirt. The black and white, vertical photograph depicts Rafer Johnson in a light-colored UCLA quarter-zip sweatshirt. His is turned slightly towards the proper right side and is smiling. He holds a shotput in his…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.223.5
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Tools and Equipment

Photograph of Seba Johnson skiing at 1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup

1989

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A color photograph featuring Seba Johnson skiing downhill. She is crouched with ski poles held under her arms, with the ends pointed back and up. She wears a yellow Carrera helmet and a white ski suit that reads VIRGIN ISLANDS along the outer thigh. In the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.163.17.1
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Shaquille O'Neal and Doctor Dré

ca.1995

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A photograph of Shaquille O'Neal and Doctor Dré in a recording studio. O'Neal is on the back left of the photo, he is wearing a hat, a chain necklace and a white shirt. He is holding out his proper left hand in a peace sign and is smiling. Doctor Dré is on…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.30.3.7
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Shaquille O'Neal, Lisa Glasberg, and Doctor Dré

ca.1995

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A photograph of Shaquille O'Neal, Lisa Glasberg, and Doctor Dré in a recording studio. O'Neal is seated on the back left of the photo, he is wearing a hat, a chain necklace and a white shirt. He is holding out his proper right hand in a peace sign and is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.30.3.8
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Shaquille O'Neal's and Lisa Glasberg's shoes

ca.1995

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A photograph of Shaquille O'Neal's and Lisa Glasberg's shoes. Shaq's leg and shoe are on the left side of the photo. He is wearing shite socks with a red, black, and white sneaker. The text [SHAQ] is written with black marker to the left of Shaq's shoe. An…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.30.3.31
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