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Portrait of a Mississippi Vocational College football player

1956 - 1957

Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black-and-white photograph of a football player. He is posed as if on the field in position. He is wearing a light colored football helmet with a darker line down the middle, a jersey with the number "41" and alternate dark and light strips on the shoulders, dark pants with a lighter strip on the side and football cleats.

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Catalog reference: 2012.137.6.12

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