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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 Portrait Gallery 13 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 7 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Archives of American Art 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian Institution Archives 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

digital media - born analog 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Archival materials 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 2 Filter by term Exclude term
photograph, cheerleading 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Still lifes 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Americans 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1880s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 9 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 15 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 7 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 5 Filter by term Exclude term
California 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Pennsylvania 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Los Angeles 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Mississippi 2 Filter by term Exclude term
North Carolina 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Philadelphia 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Raleigh 2 Filter by term Exclude term

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Currently not on view 13 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 13 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Football 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Football 28 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Athletes 18 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Recreation 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Sport and play 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 29 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 11 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 2 Filter by term Exclude term

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Bear Bryant

(Football Kick)

Bad News Bears

Tim Brown & Jerry Rice, 2002

Touch Football

(Football Kick)

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

Joe Montana

Ray Lewis, Baltimore 2002

Joe Namath

Joe Namath

Wide Receiver--Memorial High School

Smithsonian Football Game

Jim Brown, Cleveland, OH, 1965

Jim Brown, Cleveland, OH, 1965

President John F. Kennedy throwing a football

Photograph of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, Carrie O'Brien-Sibley

Brett Favre

Photograph of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, Carrie O'Brien-Sibley

Torry Holt, St. Louis, MO 2001

Foot ball

Jackson, Mississippi

Untitled, from the Los Angeles Documentary Project

Joe Paterno

Photograph of men playing football

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

Duane Hanson with his sculpture Football Player

Football, drop kick

Photograph of men playing football

Photograph of John Steuart Curry sketching a football practice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Victor Cruz

Dan Marino

Vince Young

Emmitt Smith

Ben Roethlisberger

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