Group portrait of a young women's basketball team
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Object Details
- Date
- 1948 - 1970s
- Created by
- Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of eleven members of a women's basketball team standing in front of a curtain. The tallest woman stands in the middle, with the individuals being shorter as they stand further from the center. They wear light sweaters with dark lapels, shorts, and sneakers. A single basketball sits at their feet.
- Place made
- Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Athletes
- Basketball
- Education
- Photography
- Sports
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.137.3.38
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.137.3.38