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Photograph of the St. Augustine High School basketball team

after 1964

New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 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.

Black and white photograph of St. Augustine High School basketball team. The image depicts eight young men exiting from a set of double doors in a brick building in the background. They wear sports team jackets with a large "A" on the right side. Two carry basketballs, five of them carry sports bags. The stride towards the camera, but turn their gazes elsewhere. In the foreground at the top of the photograph is a basketball basket and backboard. The verso has a stamp that reads "CLARION Hearld Photo/ Frank Methe/P.O. Box 53247/ New Orealans, LA 70150."

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Catalog reference: 2014.47.2

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