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

The object in the museum catalogue

A football program for a game between the Booker T. Washington High School "Hornets" and Sumner High School. The cover of the program is blue with black ink and has information about the game and a picture of a football at center. The interior of the program is black ink on white paper and consists of information about the athletic program, the team records, information about the players, an image, and fight songs. The back cover has the 1928 game schedule, a filled in box score and red writing.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: December 1, 1928
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Booker T. Washington High School, American, founded 1913
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Football
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2011.60.16
• 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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