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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 13 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 8 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 11 Filter by term Exclude term
gelatin silver print 6 Filter by term Exclude term
digital media - born analog 5 Filter by term Exclude term
real photo postcard 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Pigment Print 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 1 Filter by term Exclude term
photographic postcard 1 Filter by term Exclude term
pigment print 1 Filter by term Exclude term
tintype 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 8 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1880s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1900s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1910s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 13 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 7 Filter by term Exclude term
California 2 Filter by term Exclude term
North Carolina 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Pennsylvania 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Philadelphia 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Raleigh 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Wake County 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Alameda 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Baltimore 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Photography 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 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
Sports & Leisure 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Football 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Ken Regan Collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Eadweard Muybridge Cyanotypes 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Photo History Collection 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Tintype Collection 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Football 16 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Athletes 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Amusements 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Ken Regan Collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Super Bowl 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Education 2 Filter by term Exclude term
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Not determined 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Usage conditions apply 6 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 2 Filter by term Exclude term

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Tim Brown & Jerry Rice, 2002

Men playing football

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

Football game

Ray Lewis, Baltimore 2002

NY Giants clubhouse

Super Bowl IX

Super Bowl IX

1968 Super Bowl

Jim Brown, Cleveland, OH, 1965

Jim Brown, Cleveland, OH, 1965

President John F. Kennedy throwing a football

Torry Holt, St. Louis, MO 2001

Foot ball

Male football player

Photograph of men playing football

portrait of leadville football team

Football player with face guard

Football, drop kick

Photograph of men playing football

Don Shula

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