Museum Collections
Luce Center
Harlem Globetrotters Game
Object Number:
2003.71
Date:
1971
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
box: 9 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 24.8 x 48.9 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Bi-fold game board, 20 basket disks, deck of 48 basketball cards: 12 each red, orange, green, blue, instructions
Gallery Label:
This game celebrates the Harlem Globetrotters, the comic basketball team that combined athleticism and comedy to create one of the best-known sports franchises in the world. Launched as a professional team in 1927, the group of African-American Chicago natives was named for the New York neighborhood that represented the essence of African-American culture. Ironically, the team did not actually play a game in Harlem until 1968.
Credit Line:
Purchase
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