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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 72 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 32 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 30 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 15 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 13 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
Catalog of American Portraits 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 34 Filter by term Exclude term
Helmets 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 13 Filter by term Exclude term
helmet, football 11 Filter by term Exclude term
sports uniforms 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Footballs (balls for sports) 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Card, Football 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 6 Filter by term Exclude term
button, football 6 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 33 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 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 17 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 12 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 25 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 24 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 30 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 17 Filter by term Exclude term
2010s 8 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 50 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 28 Filter by term Exclude term
California 15 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 13 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Ohio 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Chicago 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Illinois 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Los Angeles 4 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure 52 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 32 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 30 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 29 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 15 Filter by term Exclude term
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports: Leveling the Playing Field 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Clothing - Sports Uniforms 13 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum Collection 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 13 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Football 139 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports 125 Filter by term Exclude term
Athletes 47 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 36 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 31 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 21 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 17 Filter by term Exclude term
collegiate 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Amusements 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Clothing and dress 13 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Not determined 104 Filter by term Exclude term
Usage conditions apply 78 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 9 Filter by term Exclude term

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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

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

North Carolina vs. Duke football ticket

Football Boosters / Fairfax, H.S.

Air football helmet

University of Pennsylvania Quakers Football

Football

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

Philadelphia Eagles

Football used during Princeton Football Games, 1910-1912

1941 Army-Navy Football Program

Autographed Photograph of Football Referee Red Friesell

portrait of leadville football team

Football player with face guard

Electric football board game

Football, drop kick

Pennant for Wilberforce University football

South Carolina State University football jersey worn by Donnie Shell

Photograph of men playing football

Princeton University Football Shoulder Pads, used by T. T. Pendleton

Photograph of John Steuart Curry sketching a football practice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Forrest Gregg

Bill Kilmer

New York Giants

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