Sports & Leisure

The nation's passion for sports is obvious every day—at NASCAR races, kiddie soccer matches, and countless other contests. From a handball used by Abraham Lincoln to Chris Evert's tennis racket to a baseball signed by Jackie Robinson, the roughly 6.000 objects in the Museum's sports collections bear witness to the vital place of sports in the nation's history. Paper sports objects in the collections, such as souvenir programs and baseball cards, number in the hundreds of thousands.

Leisure collections encompass a different range of objects, including camping vehicles and gear, video games, playing cards, sportswear, exercise equipment, and Currier and Ives prints of fishing, hunting, and horseracing. Some 4,000 toys dating from the colonial period to the present are a special strength of the collections.

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Location
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date made
1974
ID Number
1986.0830.02
accession number
1986.0830
catalog number
1986.0830.02
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Location
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ID Number
PG.67.88.00044
accession number
270586
catalog number
67.88.00044
associated
Connecticut Suns Basketball Team
ID Number
2006.0134.12.10
accession number
2006.0134
catalog number
2006.0134.12.10
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Location
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date made
1973-12
photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.004
catalog number
2014.0112.004
accession number
2014.0112
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Location
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date made
1986-02-20
photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.154
catalog number
2014.0112.154
accession number
2014.0112
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Location
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date made
1986-02-20
photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.159
catalog number
2014.0112.159
accession number
2014.0112
associated
Connecticut Suns Basketball Team
ID Number
2006.0134.12.16
accession number
2006.0134
catalog number
2006.0134.12.16
associated
Connecticut Suns Basketball Team
ID Number
2006.0134.12.15
accession number
2006.0134
catalog number
2006.0134.12.15
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Location
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date made
1989-02-06
photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.187
catalog number
2014.0112.187
accession number
2014.0112
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Location
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date made
1974-01
depicted (sitter)
Erving, Julius
photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.038
catalog number
2014.0112.038
accession number
2014.0112
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Location
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date made
1982
photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.031
catalog number
2014.0112.031
accession number
2014.0112
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Location
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photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.045
catalog number
2014.0112.045
accession number
2014.0112
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Location
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date made
1973
photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.009
catalog number
2014.0112.009
accession number
2014.0112
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Location
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date made
1989-02-12
depicted (sitter)
Frazier, Walt
photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.170
catalog number
2014.0112.170
accession number
2014.0112
associated
Connecticut Suns Basketball Team
ID Number
2006.0134.12.11
accession number
2006.0134
catalog number
2006.0134.12.11
Currently not on view
Location
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date made
1989-02-06
photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.184
catalog number
2014.0112.184
accession number
2014.0112
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Location
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date made
1989-02-06
photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.147
catalog number
2014.0112.147
accession number
2014.0112
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Location
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photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.035
catalog number
2014.0112.035
accession number
2014.0112
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Location
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date made
1989-02-06
photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.177
catalog number
2014.0112.177
accession number
2014.0112
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Location
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date made
1989-02-06
photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.188
catalog number
2014.0112.188
accession number
2014.0112
Currently not on view
Location
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date made
1986-02-20
photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.149
catalog number
2014.0112.149
accession number
2014.0112
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Location
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date made
1968-10-22
photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.027
catalog number
2014.0112.027
accession number
2014.0112
Currently not on view
Location
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date made
1954
referenced
Harlem Globetrotters
ID Number
2016.0324.03
accession number
2016.0324
catalog number
2016.0324.03
Special Olympics sports card featuring Lynette Foeman of Vrginia in basketball.From its beginnings as Camp Shriver in Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s backyard, to the first international games in 1968, Special Olympics has been about giving people with intellectual disabilities the oppo
Description (Brief)
Special Olympics sports card featuring Lynette Foeman of Vrginia in basketball.
From its beginnings as Camp Shriver in Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s backyard, to the first international games in 1968, Special Olympics has been about giving people with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to participate in sport. This participation builds confidence, provides emotional support and offers social opportunities for the athletes and their families. With state chapters and a global presence through its World Games, “Special Olympics is the largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities with 5 million athletes in 170 countries worldwide.”
Location
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ID Number
2018.3010.359
nonaccession number
2018.3010
catalog number
2018.3010.359

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