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Monticello basketball team
1911-1913
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Title
Monticello basketball team
Date
1911-1913
Identifier
MSP455_B003_F010_I03
Source Identifier
MSP455_B003_F010_I03
Description
An image of the Monticello basketball team. First row (from left to right): James A. Dorsey, Cumberland Posey, unidentified, Bud Brown. Second row: Evan Baker, unidentified, Charles Richmond. The team established by Dorsey in 1910 and coached by Cumberland Posey. 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
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