Program for a Booker T. Washington High School football game: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An official program for a football game between Attucks High School in Indianapolis, IN and Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, OK at Skelly Stadium in Tulsa. The program is printed in black ink on a single sheet of orange paper, folded to make four pages. The front of the program reads [Official Program / Attucks High School / Indianapolis / versus / Booker T Washington / High School / Tulsa / Skelly Stadium / Saturday December 1st, 1934]. The back of the program has a black-and-white printed picture of Sammye Hall. Below the picture is two lines of text that reads “Sammye Hall a senior, who has inspired the all vic- / tortious Booker T. Eleven as “Hornets” Queen for 1934.” The inside of the program contains advertisements for businesses in Tulsa. Also included is an insert (2013.79.16b). The insert is made of white paper with text printed in black ink. It lists the senior class of 1934 at Booker T. Washington High School, class officers, class motto, class colors and the class flower. The number “34” is written in pencil at the bottom of the page.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: December 1, 1934
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Booker T. Washington High School, American, founded 1913
• Subject of: Skelly Stadium, American, 1930 - 2007
• Subject of: Crispus Attucks High School, American, founded 1927
• Subject of: Sammye Hall, American, born 1916
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (2013.79.16a): 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (21.6 x 19.1 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2013.79.16b): 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (21.6 x 19.1 cm)
• Place depicted: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Football
• Topic: Social life and customs
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2013.79.16ab
• 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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