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 eleven men playing football at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. One of the players is Herschel H. Falkener. The football players are in a lined up in a traditional scrimmage formation with their right hands touching the ground, in three-point stance positions. The center lineman is in the center right of the photograph and is holding the ball. To his right are six men and to his left are four men. Five of the players, including the center lineman, are wearing helmets with earflaps. Six of the players, all standing on the right, are wearing dark shirts and light pants, knee-length socks over the pants. One player, to the immediate right of center lineman, and only his helmet and light parts are visible. Four players are wearing light colored shirts over a dark colored shirts and light pants. There are three men in the background on the right side of the photograph facing away from the camera. There is a partially visible, metal tower on the on the left side of the photograph and a house in the left, center of the photograph in the background. The scrimmage line is in the foreground. A number has been handwritten on the back in pencil.
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: 2014.94.5
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: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 2 5/16 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 8.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 2 1/16 × 3 in. (5.2 × 7.6 cm)