Basketball Players

ClassificationsPhotographs

Photographer Leo E. Tiede (American, 1889 - 1968)

DateEarly 20th Century

Place DepictedSanta Ana, California, United States, North America

MediumPhotographic print

DimensionsOverall: 5 x 4 in. (12.7 x 10.2 cm)

Credit LineLeo Tiede Photography Collection

Object number37057.248

DescriptionThis photograph taken by Leo Tiede depicts an early 20th century basketball team. At the turn of the century, developments in sporting were taking place around the county. Like-minded enthusiasts banded together and began to organize into social clubs. Other sports requiring more infrastructure also took root. Into the early twenties and thirties, new sporting fads that would become pervasive symbols of American culture joined the fray as well. Leo Tiede’s photograph of this basketball team captures these trends in organized sports associations. By this point the county had already developed into an incredibly complicated structure with each city hosting teams from grade school athletic programs to semi-professional teams.

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