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Photographs and Still Images

Serena and Venus

1991

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Digital scan of a 35mm black and white negative of Venus and Serena Williams. The sisters are seated in folding chairs. Serena leans on Venus' lap and Venus leans over Serena's back to embrace one another. They are dressed in matching tennis skirts, Reebok…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.165.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Serena and Venus

1991

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Digital scan of a 35mm black and white negative of Venus and Serena Williams. Venus (in the foreground) has her lips drawn inward and looks downward. Serena (in the background) is angled towards her sister and looks towards the left of the image. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.165.5
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Photographs and Still Images

Serena and Venus

1991

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Digital scan of a 35mm black and white negative of Venus, Serena, and Richard Williams on a tennis court. The girls stand in front of their father, Richard Williams, who stands on the court behind them holding a racquet. Serena stands to the right of Venus…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.165.7
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Photographs and Still Images

Serena and Venus

1991

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Digital scan of a 35mm black and white negative of Venus, Serena, and Richard Williams on a tennis court. The girls stand in front of their father, Richard Williams, who stands on the court behind them holding a racquet. Serena stands to the right of Venus…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.165.9
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Photographs and Still Images

Serena and Venus #2

1991

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Digital scan of a 35mm black and white negative of Venus and Serena Williams. Serena (left) leans in towards her sister Venus (right) and looks at the camera with a smile on her face. Venus looks downward, away from the camera, and has her proper left hand…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.165.4
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Photographs and Still Images

Serena and Venus #4

1991

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Digital scan of a 35mm black and white negative of Venus, Serena, and Richard Williams on a tennis court. The girls stand in front of their father, Richard Williams, who stands on the court behind them holding a racquet. Serena stands to the right of Venus…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.165.14
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Sports

Serena McDonald

2002–

Serena McDonald (born 1 August 2002) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pickering FC in League1 Ontario. Born in Canada, she plays for the Guyana women's national team.

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Serena Williams

1981–

Williams won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most of any player in the Open Era, and became one of the most influential athletes and businesswomen in the world.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Serena Williams

2015; printed 2019

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A color photograph of Serena Williams, by Platon. The close-up of Williams depicts her from the shoulders up with her neck and shoulders heavily shadowed. She is looking directly at the viewer with a serious expression on her face. Her long, straight hair…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.33.59
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Photographs and Still Images

Serena Williams

2015; printed 2019

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A black-and-white photograph of Serena Williams, by Platon. The photograph depicts Williams behind an upright, flat wooden surface. Her proper right arm drapes diagonally in front of her over the wooden surface. Her proper left elbow is propped on the top…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.33.60
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Photographs and Still Images

Serena Williams, Miami Beach 2003

2003

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An image of Serena Williams. The low-angle image features Williams standing in front of an in-ground pool wearing a white bathing suit and heels. She is standing towards the camera, but looking past it, with her hands on her hips.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.164.20
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Sports

Serginho Chulapa

1953–

Sérgio Bernardino (born 23 December 1953), known as Serginho Chulapa or simply Serginho, is a Brazilian football coach and retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his career with São Paulo and represented Brazil at the…

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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Set of seven tickets for the 1996 Summer Olympics owned by Carl Lewis

July 29, 1996

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Set of seven (7) predominantly yellow paper Olympics tickets with black, white, and green type. The center of each ticket features a quilted leaves design. The official Athletics pictogram appears in the top right corner of each ticket. Tickets are for an…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.126.40.1-.7
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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Seth Curry

1990–

Seth Adham Curry (born August 23, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one year at Liberty University before…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Seth Jones

1994–

Jared Seth Jones (born October 3, 1994) is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected fourth overall by the Nashville Predators in the 2013 NHL entry draft.…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Awards, Medals, and Insignia

Seton Hall College medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

1935

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Seton Hall College bronze medal for the Special Sprint event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1935. The medal consists of a gold toned bar pin holding a blue and white striped ribbon. The pin has a “C” clasp closure on the back and a bar that holds the ribbon.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.63.105.1.86
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

"Seven Continents Finisher" medal received by Tony Reed

after 2007

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Metal and enamel “Seven Continents Finisher” medal with moss green ribbon lanyard awarded to marathon runner Tony Reed. The gold colored medal has a black enamel border with gold colored text reading “SEVEN CONTINENTS” along the top border and “FINISHER”…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.69.4
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Sha'Carri Richardson

2000–

Sha'Carri LaNay Richardson ( shə-CARE-ee; born March 25, 2000) is an American track and field sprinter and Olympic champion who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Richardson rose to fame in 2019 as a freshman at Louisiana State University, running…

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Sha-ri Pendleton

1963–

Sha-ri Pendleton (born December 5, 1963) is an American hurdler, javelin thrower, and bodybuilder of the mid-to-late 1980s. Under the stage name Blaze, she competed as a gladiator on the American TV show American Gladiators from 1989 to 1992.

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Shadasia Green

1989–

Shadasia Amanda Green (born August 7, 1989) is an American professional boxer. She held the WBO female super-middleweight title between November 2024 and April 2026 and the IBF female super-middleweight title from July 2025 until April 2026.

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Shadrach Ogie

2001–

Shadrach Nosa Ogie (born 25 August 2001) is an Irish professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for National League club Woking.

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Sports

Shadrack Kiptoo Biwott

1985–

Shadrack Kiptoo Biwott (born February 15, 1985, in Kenya) is a Kenyan-born American long-distance runner.

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Sports

Shag Thomas

1924–1982

James "Shag" Thomas (August 11, 1924 – July 25, 1982) was an American professional wrestler during the 1950s and 1960s. He was one of the few prominent African-American wrestlers of his day.

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Sports

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

1998–

Shaivonte Aician Gilgeous-Alexander ( SHAY; born July 12, 1998), also known by his initials SGA, is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a four-time NBA All-Star, a…

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