Photograph by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Herschel Hall Falkener, American, 1901 - 1992  Search this

Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

Shaw University, American, founded 1865  Search this

Medium:

photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Image): 2 11/16 × 4 1/8 in. (6.8 × 10.4 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

Place depicted:

Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1930

Description:

A black and white photograph of fourteen men playing football at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. One of the players is Herschel H. Falkener. The football players are all wearing the same uniforms: dark shirts, light pants, dark knee-length socks over the pants and medium dark, leather helmets with earflaps. Five spectators are watching the game in the background and a man wearing a white shirt and black pants is in the foreground. There are no inscriptions or marks, front or back.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Athletes  Search this

Education  Search this

Football  Search this

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this

Men  Search this

Photography  Search this

Sports  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme

Object number:

2014.94.4

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57ccbcd94-2d94-4329-b473-882324756a8a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.94.4