Football program for Booker T. Washington High School: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A football program for the 1946 game between Tulsa's Booker T. Washington High School "Hornets" and the Oklahoma City "Trojans". The cover of the program has black ink on brown paper and the interior has black ink on white paper. The cover has a sketch of football players, an advertisement, and information about the game. The interior of the program has photos, advertisements, and possible lineups for the game. The back of the program as additional advertisements.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: November 8, 1946
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Booker T. Washington High School, American, founded 1913
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 10 x 6 1/4 in. (25.4 x 15.9 cm)
• Place depicted: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Football
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2011.60.12
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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