Group portrait of a young women's basketball team

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Object Details

Created by

Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998

Subject of

Unidentified Woman or Women

Description

A black-and-white photograph of eleven members of a women's basketball team standing in front of a curtain. The tallest woman stands in the middle, with the individuals being shorter as they stand further from the center. They wear light sweaters with dark lapels, shorts, and sneakers. A single basketball sits at their feet.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson

Date

1948 - 1970s

Object number

2012.137.3.38

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Medium

photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Sheet): 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Place made

Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Athletes

Basketball

Education

Photography

Sports

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59e84d456-7b3b-42ef-980a-39c53eb6ff87

Record ID

nmaahc_2012.137.3.38