Photograph of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar playing high school basketball
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Sport Magazine, American, 1946 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American, born 1947
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of a young Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, known then as Lew Alcindor, playing basketball with his high school team. Abdul-Jabbar is pictured running down the center of the court wearing a lighter colored basketball jersey with [POWER / 33] on the front. He is wearing short dark basketball shorts with light stripes down the sides and across the bottoms of each leg with knee guards, tall socks, and sneakers. His arms are bent at the elbow with his hands in front of him. He is noticeably taller than the several players that surround him on the court. There is a basketball hoop and backboard in the background, hanging down from the ceiling in front of a brick wall.
label: Description
content: The print has a white border around the image, with thicker margins at each side. On the verso is a faded red stamp reading [SPORT] with a mostly illegible handwritten notation below.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Basketball
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.104.4
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with ink
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 9 3/4 × 6 5/8 in. (24.8 × 16.8 cm)