Object Details
- Description
- An image of Bill Russell and Elgin Baylor playing in 1965. The image features Baylor with the ball going to the net and Russell jumping up to defend him. The two are surrounded by other players on the court. The background of the image shows the stands filled with spectators and the scoreboard hanging from the rafters.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Walter Iooss Jr., American, born 1943
- Subject of
- Bill Russell, American, born 1934
- Elgin Baylor, American, born 1934
- Boston Celtics, American, founded 1946
- Los Angeles Lakers, American, founded 1947
- Date
- 1965
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Walter Iooss
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13652pixels × 13652pixels
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
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