Photographic print of Muhammad Ali at the 1996 Olympic Opening Ceremony

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Object Details

Photograph by

Unidentified

Subject of

Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016

Online Authentics, American

Description

A color photograph of Muhammad Ali holding the Olympic torch during the Opening Ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Ali is looking off to the left of the photograph and holds the torch in his proper right hand. Above his arm, in gold ink is Ali's signature. A logo for Online Authentics is visible in the lower right hand corner.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date

1996

Object number

2012.62.6.2

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

color prints (photographs)

portraits

Medium

ink on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Place depicted

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 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

Olympics

Photography

Sports

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5893cde21-3011-459c-a458-231caa795596

Record ID

nmaahc_2012.62.6.2