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[Football]

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Christopher George

Harold Edgerton, Wes Fesler kicking a football, 1934 (108.1987) Using the simplest of all electrical synchronization methods, Edgerton’s setup lets the football actually take its own picture. As it is kicked, it pushes two wires together to complete a circuit. … Continue reading →

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“Making Footballs Is as Tough as Making Touchdowns”

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Christopher George

Gene Badger, [Alex Grahn cutting leather shapes that will form the sides of a football], 1940 (2013.115.428) First step in the long process is to cut the leather in the proper shape. Alex Grahn, from Sweden, has been doing it … Continue reading →

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Young Football Players

Posted on February 2, 2014 by erinbarnett

Martha McMillan Roberts, Football Game, Mississippi, 1947 (188.1983)

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Football Fever

Posted on February 3, 2013 by jacquelinegilbert24

On February 3, millions of viewers will tune in to watch the Baltimore Ravens play the San Francisco 49ers in the Superbowl. How do you capture in a still image the intensity of watching a football game like the Superbowl … Continue reading →

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Football Nostalgia

Posted on February 16, 2012 by emilie hanmer

It has been an long week since the longed-for Super Bowl concluded the 2011 NFL season. For all of you who have been on hold since then, watching the replays and impatiently waiting for September 6, the opening of the … Continue reading →

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Super Bowl 2011

Posted on February 4, 2011 by claartjevandijk

Martin Munkácsi, [Football game], ca. 1936 Martin Munkácsi, [Football players], ca. 1936 Martin Munkácsi, [Man kicking football, Hawaii], 1939 Life, November 11, 1940 Bill Owens, My prayer is to the god of football…, 1973

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