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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 4 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Balls (object genre) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Footballs (balls for sports) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Ticket 1 Filter by term Exclude term
ball, football 1 Filter by term Exclude term
ticket, football 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1880s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Philadelphia 2 Filter by term Exclude term
California 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Centre 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Easton 1 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Pasadena 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Pittsburgh 1 Filter by term Exclude term
State College 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Eadweard Muybridge Cyanotypes 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Artifact Walls exhibit 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Family & Social Life 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Popular Entertainment 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Football 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Amusements 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Artifact Walls exhibit 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Coach 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Dress accessories 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

CC0 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Usage conditions apply 1 Filter by term Exclude term

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Remove Place: Pennsylvania

Football, used in Super Bowl XIV

Foot ball

Joe Paterno

Ticket for the Lafayette vs Harvard football game, 2005

Football, drop kick

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