Photograph of Len Bias on NBA Draft Day, with newspaper clipping

Object Details

Photograph by

Jim Mahoney

Published by

Boston Herald, American, founded 1846

Subject of

Len Bias, American, 1963 - 1986

Boston Celtics, American, founded 1946

Description

Black and white photograph (a) of Len Bias on NBA Draft Day, with newspaper clipping (b).

Bias is depicted on the right side of the image wearing a Celtics cap and a striped, light-colored suit with a dark necktie. There is an NBA Draft badge clipped to the chest pocket. He has a Celtics gym bag hanging on his proper left forearm. His dad, James, stands next to Len, looking up at him. He wears a dark colored suit and tie. There is a camera man partially visible just behind Len, and a large crowd of spectators in the far background.

Adhered to the verso is a folded newspaper clipping from the Friday, June 20, 1986 edition of the Boston Herald with the article on Draft Day that featured the photograph. The back of the clipping has an article about the Celtics arena, along with a political cartoon.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

1986

Object number

2023.44.2ab

Restrictions & Rights

© Boston Herald

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Type

gelatin silver prints

articles

Medium

.2a silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper;

.2b ink on newsprint with adhesive

Dimensions

H x W (.2a image): 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)

H x W (.2a sheet): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

H x W (.2b clipping): 8 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (21.6 × 18.4 cm)

Place depicted

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Photographs and Still Images

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Athletes

Basketball

Sports

U.S. History, 1969-2001

Record ID

nmaahc_2023.44.2ab

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55910f492-30dd-45f5-b0fa-187d2b6259e6