Photograph of Lusia Harris playing basketball
Object Details
- Description
- A color photograph of Lusia Harris playing basketball for team USA against Czechoslovakia in the 1976 Summer Olympic Games. Harris is depicted in profile, mid-jump, with both arms raised above her head and the ball at the tips of her fingers. Her legs are straight, with her feet slightly wider than her hips. Her uniform jersey, shorts, and socks are white, with thin navy and red stripes around the edges and socks. There is a navy and red “USA” partially visible on the leg of the shorts. Harris is surrounded by three players on the Czechoslovakian team, all dressed in blue short-sleeved uniforms with wide red and white stripes at the edges. Directly behind her, number “10” leans back away from Harris’ jump, while two other players stand in front of Harris, one facing the camera and number “9” with her back to the camera. The players are pictured in the orange painted free throw lane, with the out of bounds area painted green behind them and the wooden court to the right of them. Behind the players, a black movable barrier cordons off the court from the spectators, who sit in folding chairs at the same level as the court. A young man in white pants and an off-white shirt kneels just behind the back line, watching the players. In the background, a woman sits in a chair just behind the back line, in front of spectators seated at court level on folding chairs.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lusia Harris-Stewart
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- ca. 1980
- Object number
- 2017.29.5.3
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Lusia Harris-Stewart, American, born 1955
- Subject of
- Lusia Harris-Stewart, American, born 1955
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown – Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- chromogenic color prints
- Medium
- dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.5 × 20.2 cm)
- Place captured
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Topic
- African American
- Athletes
- Basketball
- Olympics
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2017.29.5.3
