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1914 Monticello Athletic Association basketball team

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1914 Monticello Athletic Association basketball team
  • Title
  • 1914 Monticello Athletic Association basketball team
  • Date
  • 1914
  • Identifier
  • MSP455_B003_F010_I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP455_B003_F010_I01
  • Description
  • 1914 Monticello Athletic Association basketball team, with James A. Dorsey holding the basketball. Sparksman Dorsey is in the second row, second from the right. The team, established by Dorsey in 1910, gained national attention when they upset Howard University's basketball team in 1911 to win the unofficial "Colored Basketball" championship.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Basketball--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    African American athletes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Dorsey-Turfley Family Photographs, 1880-1987 (Bulk 1900-1950), MSP 455, Library & Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Dorsey-Turfley Family Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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