Sujet

Racing shirt for the New York Pioneer Club worn by Ted Corbitt, 1950s. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

African-American long-distance runner Ted Corbitt joined the New York Pioneer Club, the nation's first integrated running organization, in 1947. Corbitt was a marathon champion and a pioneer of ultramarathons in the United States. He was among the first five athletes inducted into the National Distance Running Hall of Fame in Utica, N.Y., in 1998.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A72_412

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

85,8Mo (2,8Mo) / 35,6cm x 60,4cm / 4207 x 7131 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black sport education country running clothes museum color dress location century clothing vest athletics African American African-American afro-american integrated track and field integration fifties 1950s United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution Educational Institution 20th century heritage American America USA decade scientific institution object united states Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC sports uniforms New York Pioneer Club fleece on synthetic fiber