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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 145 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 15 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 13 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 8 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Anacostia Community Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Archives of American Art 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian Libraries 2 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

Resource Type

Photographs 18 Filter by term Exclude term
pennant, football 16 Filter by term Exclude term
button, football 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Card, Football 14 Filter by term Exclude term
helmet, football 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Helmets 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Footballs (balls for sports) 9 Filter by term Exclude term
card, football 9 Filter by term Exclude term
football helmet 9 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Americans 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Christians 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1910s 10 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 12 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 11 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 29 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 49 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 25 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 7 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 12 Filter by term Exclude term
2010s 6 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 32 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 13 Filter by term Exclude term
California 9 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 6 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Pennsylvania 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Ohio 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Chicago 2 Filter by term Exclude term
District of Columbia 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Illinois 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure 125 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports & Leisure 14 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum Collection 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 8 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 8 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 8 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Football 161 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports 145 Filter by term Exclude term
Professional 73 Filter by term Exclude term
Amusements 19 Filter by term Exclude term
collegiate 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Recreation 12 Filter by term Exclude term
U.S. Stamps 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Sport and play 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 10 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Not determined 173 Filter by term Exclude term
Usage conditions apply 37 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 5 Filter by term Exclude term

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Football Player

America's TV Sports Magazine Weekend Kickoff magazine

Foot ball

Jackson, Mississippi

Untitled, from the Los Angeles Documentary Project

Football Helmet

Pro-Air football helmet

Air IV junior football helmet

Air V Football Helmet

MacGregor Football Helmet Model H612

Spalding Football Helmet Model 100

MacGregor Football Helmet Model H620

Football helmet worn by the donor, Mr. Earl Sheeley

Football Player

Hamilton Packers Football Helmet worn by Ernie Repetti

Male football player

NFL Referee penalty flag used by Jim Duke, 1999

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

VCR's

Putting an American team through signal practice from Physical culture.

Newspaper

Joe Paterno

Football Signed by the 1950 University of Notre Dame Football Team

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

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

Jacksonville Express Football Helmet

Chicago Bears Football jersey, worn by Dick Butkus

Advertising print manufactured by the Stall and Dean Sporting Goods Company

Duane Hanson with his sculpture Football Player

football

Football button

Football Letterman Patch

Football 1941

North Carolina vs. Notre Dame football ticket

Ticket for the Lafayette vs Harvard football game, 2005

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