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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 8 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 6 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Helmets 4 Filter by term Exclude term
helmet, football 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Souvenir programs 2 Filter by term Exclude term
football helmet 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Magazines (periodicals) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Pennants 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 6 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1920s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 8 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Chicago 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Illinois 2 Filter by term Exclude term
North Carolina 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Raleigh 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Wake County 2 Filter by term Exclude term
California 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Cook County 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Detroit 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure 8 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other 3 Filter by term Exclude term
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports: Leveling the Playing Field 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Books and Published Materials 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Football 16 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports 16 Filter by term Exclude term
Athletes 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Education 4 Filter by term Exclude term
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 4 Filter by term Exclude term
collegiate 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Black Press 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Cold War, 1945-1989 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Not determined 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Usage conditions apply 6 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 2 Filter by term Exclude term

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Remove Date: 1940s

Program for a college football game between Wilberforce and Tuskegee, 1944

Program from the first Los Angeles Rams home game

Robert A. Chappuis

Front cover from Ebony magazine, October 1946

Whistle used by Football Referee Red Friesell

MacGregor Football Helmet Model H612

Spalding Football Helmet Model 100

MacGregor Football Helmet Model H620

Football Player

Hamilton Packers Football Helmet worn by Ernie Repetti

Photograph of men playing football

Football 1941

Black and white stamp with etching of a man in a football uniform holding a helmet at his right side

20c Jim Thorpe single

1941 Army-Navy Football Program

Pennant for Wilberforce University football

Photograph of men playing football

Soldier Field and Museum in Chicago

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