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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 African American History and Culture 29 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 23 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 15 Filter by term Exclude term
sports uniforms 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Helmets 9 Filter by term Exclude term
digital media - born analog 5 Filter by term Exclude term
jerseys 5 Filter by term Exclude term
program, football 3 Filter by term Exclude term
ticket, football 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Footballs (balls for sports) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Programs (documents) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Souvenir programs 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 29 Filter by term Exclude term
Christians 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1880s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1910s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 7 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 11 Filter by term Exclude term
2010s 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

North and Central America 28 Filter by term Exclude term
California 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Chicago 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Illinois 5 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 5 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Ohio 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Pennsylvania 5 Filter by term Exclude term
North Carolina 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 29 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Clothing - Sports Uniforms 13 Filter by term Exclude term
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports: Leveling the Playing Field 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Football 5 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Football 55 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports 51 Filter by term Exclude term
Athletes 26 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Clothing and dress 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Professional 8 Filter by term Exclude term
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 5 Filter by term Exclude term
collegiate 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 30 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 25 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 8 Filter by term Exclude term

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Ticket to Super Bowl XXII

Ohio State Buckeyes football helmet worn by Archie Griffin

Football, used in Super Bowl XIV

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

Program from the first Los Angeles Rams home game

Helmet for the Buffalo Bills worn by Bruce Smith

Jersey for the Cleveland Browns worn and signed by Jim Brown

Game Football 1989 LA Raiders vs. New York Jets

2004 Baltimore Ravens Team yearbook

Tim Brown & Jerry Rice, 2002

Tampa Bay Buccaneers helmet worn by Warrick Dunn

Football jersey signed by Colin Kaepernick

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

Football commemorating Eddie Robinson's 324th win at Grambling State University

Ray Lewis, Baltimore 2002

Cleveland Browns Practice Jersey, worn by Jim Brown

Pair of football cleats signed by Colin Kaepernick

Sunday Service from the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Portfolio

Jim Brown, Cleveland, OH, 1965

Jim Brown, Cleveland, OH, 1965

Front cover from Ebony magazine, October 1946

NFL Hall of Fame helmet for Tony Dungy

Torry Holt, St. Louis, MO 2001

America's TV Sports Magazine Weekend Kickoff magazine

Foot ball

Hamilton Packers Football Helmet worn by Ernie Repetti

Male football player

Joe Paterno

Photograph of men playing football

Jacksonville Express Football Helmet

Chicago Bears Football jersey, worn by Dick Butkus

Advertising print manufactured by the Stall and Dean Sporting Goods Company

North Carolina vs. Notre Dame football ticket

Ticket for the Lafayette vs Harvard football game, 2005

North Carolina vs. Duke football ticket

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