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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 143 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 13 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 11 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 3 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Anacostia Community Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Catalog of American Portraits 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

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
Photographs 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Helmets 10 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 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1910s 10 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 11 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 12 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 12 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 26 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 49 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 17 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 12 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 25 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 11 Filter by term Exclude term
California 7 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 4 Filter by term Exclude term
North Carolina 4 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Chicago 2 Filter by term Exclude term
China 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Illinois 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Ohio 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure 125 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports & Leisure 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 13 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum Collection 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Ken Regan Collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Football 150 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports 135 Filter by term Exclude term
Professional 73 Filter by term Exclude term
Amusements 18 Filter by term Exclude term
collegiate 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Recreation 10 Filter by term Exclude term
U.S. Stamps 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Sport and play 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Contemporary (1990-present) 7 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 13 Filter by term Exclude term

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Male football player

NFL Referee penalty flag used by Jim Duke, 1999

VCR's

Football Signed by the 1950 University of Notre Dame Football Team

Photograph of men playing football

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

football

Football button

Football Letterman Patch

Football 1941

North Carolina vs. Notre Dame football ticket

Ticket for the Lafayette vs Harvard football game, 2005

Football Program, Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Chicago Cardinals

North Carolina vs. Duke football ticket

Football Boosters / Fairfax, H.S.

Air football helmet

Lithograph of football player Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch

University of Pennsylvania Quakers Football

National Football League 1970 Schedule printed in Braille

Ticket for the Baltimore Ravens vs Washington Redskins football game, 2008

Ticket for the Baltimore Ravens vs Washington Redskins football game, 2005

Football

Football Program for Washington Redskins vs. New York Giants, 1937

Football Program, N.Y. Giants vs. Chicago Cardinals, 1936

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

20c Jim Thorpe single

Football presented to Bear Bryant after becoming the "winningest" coach in NCAA football history

Howard Cassady

Football Program, New York Giants vs. Cleveland Browns, 1958

North Carolina vs. Wake Forest Football ticket

Philadelphia Eagles Button

Philadelphia Eagles

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