Trading cards featuring Briana Scurry: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Two trading cards featuring Briana Scurry. The front of the card depicts during the 1999 Women's World Cup. Scurry is shown with her arms raised in the air, wearing a blue goalie uniform, blue shorts, and white and blue goalie gloves. The image of Scurry is placed against a background of vertical red, white, and, blue stripes. A gold decoration and type appear on front of card. Type in top left corner reads: [UPPER / DECK]. Type near bottom of card reads, [BRIANA SCURRY / WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM / U.S. / GOALKEEPER 1]. The reverse side of the card features a short biography and statistics about Briana Scurry. Logos for Upper Deck and US Soccer appear in the bottom left corner of card's back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2000
• Manufactured by: The Upper Deck Company, LLC, American, founded 1988
• Subject of: Briana Scurry, born 1971
• Subject of: United States Women's National Soccer Team, American, founded 1985
• Type: collecting cards
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.58.11.1): 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.58.11.2): 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Soccer
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2015.58.11.1-.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Briana Scurry
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © The Upper Deck Company Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.