Photograph of Len Bias on NBA Draft Day, with newspaper clipping
date: label: Date
content: 1986
name: label: Photograph by
content: Jim Mahoney
label: Published by
content: Boston Herald, American, founded 1846
label: Subject of
content: Len Bias, American, 1963 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Boston Celtics, American, founded 1946
notes: label: Description
content: Black and white photograph (a) of Len Bias on NBA Draft Day, with newspaper clipping (b).
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Basketball
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.44.2ab
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: articles
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Boston Herald
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: .2a silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper;
label: Medium
content: .2b ink on newsprint with adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (.2a image): 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (.2a sheet): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (.2b clipping): 8 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (21.6 × 18.4 cm)