Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of the U.S. AAU Track and Field Team in Tokyo, Japan
August 1958
Tokyo, Japan, Asia
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 group of seven (7) men standing together outdoors. The man on the far left wears a light colored jacket and dark pants. He is seen in profile with his proper right arm bent at the waist with his hand out in front. The remainder of the group includes six (6) members of the Amateur Athletic Union of the track and field team. Richard Howard stands third from the left. Each of team members wears light colored pants, dark jackets, and a striped tie. Their blazers all have a patch on the proper left breast reading AAU USA. The image is bordered by a narrow white edge. In the background is a landscape of foliage.
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Catalog reference: 2012.140.2.4
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