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1929
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of the 1929 Tuskegee Institute men's basketball team in a black, cardboard mat. There are fifteen boys and two men posing in two rows. Most of the boys are wearing basketball uniforms with dark shorts and white shirts with the…
1960
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics in Rome in 1960. In the center of the image is a large track and field filled with uniformed people wearing white pants and dark jackets. Surrounding the track are stands filled with spectators.…
ca. 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of two unidentified women. The women are doubles champions and are standing at the center of a court at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. The woman to the left has her hand resting on the net and is wearing a visor, a cropped top…
ca. 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of three unidentified tennis players at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. The group is featured at center court and each one is holding a trophy. The two men are wearing suites and the woman is wearing a skirt suite. Brick…
after 1936
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of the Olympia Kunsteisstadion (also called the Olympic Eissport Zentrum) of Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany. The front of the rink has a series of flag poles on the façade. On either side of the entrance at the corners of the…
1950s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlack and white photograph of a private tennis court in a backyard of a house. The court is divided by a white that runs down the middle of the image just right of center. To the left of the wall is a row of hedges. To the right of the wall, a portion of a…
after 1964
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlack and white photograph of St. Augustine High School basketball team. The image depicts eight young men exiting from a set of double doors in a brick building in the background. They wear sports team jackets with a large "A" on the right side. Two carry…
August 1958
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of the United States' Amateur Athletic Union track and field team in Tokyo. The group of men stand in front of a plane of the Japan Air Lines company. There are eight (8) men in the group and all wear white shirts, dark…
August 1958
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a group of seven (7) men standing together outdoors. The man on the far left wears a light colored jacket and dark pants. He is seen in profile with his proper right arm bent at the waist with his hand out in front. The…
August 1958
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of three (3) members of the United States Amateur Athletic Union track and field team standing outdoors. The men stand with drinks raised in their PR hands and wear dark jackets and striped ties. Their blazers have a patch on…
ca. 1930
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of two unidentified men wearing "Trojans" baseball uniforms. They stand at the center of the photograph. The man on the left has his arm around the shoulders of the man on the right. A building can be seen in the background and…
ca. 1930
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of two Trojan baseball players wearing their uniforms. They stand shoulder-to-shoulder, likely on a baseball infield. Behind them, a chain-link fence, tree, and brick facade of a building are all visible. The back of the…
ca. 1930
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of two Trojan baseball players, two women in hats and overcoats, and a third man who wears a sweater and slacks. In the background are trees, cars, and a large building. The back of the photograph has a blue stamp of a [7].
ca. 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of unidentified child and trophies. The photograph features a table decorated with a table cloth with several trophies of varying sizes on it. An unidentified child stands in front of the crowd holding a tennis ball. A crowd of…
ca. 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. The photograph features an unidentified girl standing in front of a table filled with trophies of varying sizes. A man is partially visible to the right of the photograph. They are on the tennis…
ca. 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph featuring two unidentified men on the courts of the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. The men are standing behind a net shaking hands. The man to the right of the photograph wears a long-sleeve sweater with stripes. The other man, on…
ca. 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of two unidentified men and one unidentified woman standing on a tennis court at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. The three individuals featured in the photograph are standing at center court. The net is behind them on the ground…
ca. 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of an unidentified man playing tennis at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. The man is featured playing on a court. His proper right hand is holding a racquet and he is reaching to hit a tennis ball that is in the air above his…
ca. 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of an unidentified woman on tennis a tennis court. The woman is wearing a tennis dress that has stripes at the collar and cuffs and has a pleated skirt. There are more courts in the background of the photograph. The back of the…
ca. 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of an unidentified woman. The woman is standing on a tennis court, wearing a short-sleeve dress with buttons down the front. She is holding a racquet in both hands. Her proper left hand has a ring on it. There is another…
ca. 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of four unidentified men at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. All four men are holding trophies. Brick buildings are visible in the background. The back of the photograph has a stamp in black ink that reads: [953E] and an…
late 1920s; printed later
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA silver gelatin print on postcard of boxer Emma Maitland training with a punching bag. Maitland wears boxing shorts, a halter top, boxing gloves, white socks, and boxing shoes. She has a headband with a bow in her hair. The punching bag hangs from chains…
1910-1919
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPhotographic postcard of Charles Wilbur Rogan in sitting in a grassy field in front of a military tent and flag, smoking a pipe. The back of the photographic postcard is unused and has [POST CARD] printed in black at the top and blank spaces for…
1910-1919
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPhotographic postcard of Charles Wilbur Rogan standing in grassy, hilly field along with eleven other soldiers. Two of the soldiers are manning a machine gun while the others look on. The back of the photographic postcard is unused and has [POST CARD]…
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