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Football Treasures: Artifacts from the 1880s to the Present

Explore football in the Smithsonian's collections with items dating from the late 1880s to the present, including sheet music, memorabilia, football inspired art, and unusual artifacts.

Museum / Unit

National Museum of American History 25 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 15 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Anacostia Community Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Archives of American Art 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Air and Space Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian Channel 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Card, Football 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Footballs (balls for sports) 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic arts 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Sculpture 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Board games (game sets) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Video recordings 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Archival materials 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Americans 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1880s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1900s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1910s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 7 Filter by term Exclude term
California 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Mississippi 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Pennsylvania 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Philadelphia 2 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Wisconsin 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Capitol Hill 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Colorado 1 Filter by term Exclude term
District of Columbia 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 3 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting and Sculpture 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Anacostia Community Museum Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Eadweard Muybridge Cyanotypes 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Football 36 Filter by term Exclude term
Recreation 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Sport and play 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Figure group 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Architecture 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Professional 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Figure male 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Occupations 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Education 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Not determined 42 Filter by term Exclude term
Usage conditions apply 23 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 3 Filter by term Exclude term

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The Spalding offical inter-collegiate football from The official football guide

(Football Kick)

Football Players

Michigan's Big House

Ohio State University Stadium

33c Green Bay Packers single

Men playing football

Detroit Lions jacket worn by Eddie Murphy in the film Beverly Hills Cop II

Football Players

Touch Football

(Football Kick)

Football

Football Player (The Lineman)

Football

Studio Portrait of a Boy Sitting and Holding a Football, Diptych

Game-Used Football

Broncomania vs. Cowboy Cool

Superbowl

Sunday Service from the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Portfolio

Wide Receiver--Memorial High School

Quarterback Draw Football game

President John F. Kennedy throwing a football

Football Player

Foot ball

Jackson, Mississippi

Untitled, from the Los Angeles Documentary Project

Football Player

Throwing a Football is Like Launching a Rocket to the Moon! Find out how with Robert Griffin III

VCR's

Newspaper

Football, commemorating Princeton's 1912 Victory over Dartmouth, 22-7

Parents' Night at a High School Football Game, Harlan County, Kentucky

Duane Hanson with his sculpture Football Player

football

Football Boosters / Fairfax, H.S.

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