Photograph of men playing football
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1930
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Herschel Hall Falkener, American, 1901 - 1992
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Shaw University, American, founded 1865
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Football
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.94.4
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 2 11/16 × 4 1/8 in. (6.8 × 10.4 cm)