Program from the first Los Angeles Rams home game: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Game program for football match between the Los Angeles Rams and the Washington Redskins. Front cover of program features a color illustration of a man in a football uniform carrying a football. Man is wearing an orange jersey with the number "32". Black type on front cover of program reads, "LOS ANGELES TIMES / SECOND ANNUAL ALL-CHARITY / FOOTBALL GAME / LOS ANGELES / RAMS / VS. / WASHINGTON / REDSKINS / COLISEUM / FRIDAY / NIGHT / Sept. 6th / Souvenir Program / Selling Price - - - - ..244 / Sales Tax - - - - - .006 / Total Price - - .25."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: September 6, 1946
• Printed by: Los Angeles Times, founded 1881
• Illustrated by: Harry Bonath, American, 1903 - 1976
• Subject of: Los Angeles Rams, American, 1946 - 1994
• Subject of: Washington Commanders, American, founded 1932
• Type: souvenir programs
• Medium: ink on paper, metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 10 3/4 × 8 × 1/8 in. (27.3 × 20.3 × 0.3 cm)
• Place depicted: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Football
• Topic: Men
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2014.297.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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