Portrait of a Mississippi Vocational College football player
Object Details
- Created by
- Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Mississippi Valley State University, American, founded 1950
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a football player. He is posed as if on the field in position. He is wearing a light colored football helmet with a darker line down the middle, a jersey with the number "41" and alternate dark and light strips on the shoulders, dark pants with a lighter strip on the side and football cleats.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson
- 1956 - 1957
- Object number
- 2012.137.6.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- Place made
- Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Athletes
- Football
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Photography
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.137.6.12
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5dd6db786-ccec-4cdd-a59e-37374dfcef46
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