Name/Title
Basketball Coast to Coast vs. Johns Nisqually Steelheaders, Unknown DateEntry/Object ID
2007-012.B294NDescription
Basketball Coast to Coast vs. Johns Nisqually Steelheaders, unknown date. These eight black and white film negative strips were created for the Lacey Leader newspaper.These images were created using two seaparate film rolls, so some of the physical numbers on the strips are duplicated. For the purposes of this description, the strips will be grouped according to the film roll from which they originally came. Each of these groups will be assigned a lower-case letter to go along with the physical numbers on the strips (ex: 1a, 2a, 3a, 1b, 2b, 3b, etc.) to help differentiate between images. The images in group "a" show an adult men's basketball game between a team named Coast to Coast and a team named the Johns Nisqually Steelheaders, as well as team photos of each team. Image 44a shows a player for the Steelheaders holding the ball over his head and preparing to pass it. Image 1a shows player 33 for the Steelheaders shooting the ball. Image 2a again shows player 33 for the Steelheaders shooting the ball, but here a player for Coast to Coast is reaching up to block it. Image 3a shows a player for the Steelheaders holding the ball over his head and preparing to pass it. Player 33 for the Steelheaders is visible near the left-hand edge of the image. Image 4a shows a player for the Steelheaders holding the ball above his head. A player for the Steelheaders with a jersey number beginning with 2 is visible near the right-hand edge of the image frame. Image 5a shows several players from each team standing roughly underneath the basket and looking up toward the ball, which is visible high in the air. Image 6a shows several players from each team looking up toward the ball, which is again high in the air. All of the players are facing directly away from the camera. Image 7a shows a bearded player for the Steelheaders dribbling the ball with his back toward a Coast to Coast player who is closely guarding the Steelheaders player. Image 8a shows a player for the Steelheaders with a jersey number ending in 2 having just released a shot. Image 9a shows a Steelheaders player with a jersey number ending in two holding the ball up in front of himself at chest-level. Image 10a shows player 23 for the Steelheaders facing directly away from the camera. He is the player nearest to the camera. Image 11a shows a bearded Steelheaders player holding the ball up in front of himself at chest-level. His jersey number ends in 5 (the full number appears to be 35). Image 12a shows several players from each team looking up toward the ball, which is in the air very near to the basket. Player 35 for the Steelheaders is near the bottom-left corner of the image, and he is shooting a free-throw. Image 13a shows player 45 for Coast to Coast shooting a free-throw. A referee is partially visible in the bottom-left corner of the image. Image 14a shows a player for Coast to Coast jumping up for a lay-up. This player is almost completely obscured by player 33 for the Steeleheaders, who is jumping up to block the shot. Image 15a shows a Steelheaders player at the far right of the image with both arms up in the air. The ball is visible in the air to the upper right of the basket. Image 16a shows the ball in the air only inches above the basket. Player 45 for Coast to Coast is near the center of the image and facing directly away from the camera. Image 17a shows six members of the Steelheaders posing for a team portrait. Four members are standing and two are kneeling down. There is a trophy on the ground at the center of the group. Image 18a is very similar to the previous image, but here the standing player second from the right is holding the trophy. Image 19a is very similar to image 18a, but here a seventh man (presumably the team's coach) is holding a basketball and kneeling at the center of the group. Image 20a shows seven members of the Coast to Coast team posing for a team portrait. Four men are standing in the back row and three men are kneeling in the front row. There is a trophy on the ground at the center of the group in front of the front row. Image 21a is virtually identical to image 20a. Image 22a is similar to the previous two images, but here the man previously kneeling at the front left of the group has changed positions with the man previously at the middle front of the group. Also, here the man standing at front center is holding the trophy. Image 23a is nearly identical to image 22a. The images in group "b" also show an adult men's basketball game between Coast to Coast and the Johns Nisqually Steelheaders. Image 12b shows a referee facing away from the camera and holding his right hand up in the air. Image 13b shows two players from Coast to Coast jogging down the court from left to right. A referee is jogging along with them. Image 14b shows several players from each team running down the court from right to left. The player nearest the camera is a Coast to Coast player wearing glasses. Image 15b shows a Coast to Coast player with glasses holding his arms straight out to his sides. He is defending a shot or pass from player 35 for the Steelheaders. Image 16b shows a referee near the center of the image facing directly away from the camera. Player 35 for the Steelheaders is near the right-hand edge of the image frame. Image 17b shows player 33 for the Steelheaders and a player for Coast to Coast with their arms extended up toward the basket. The ball is visible just above the basket. Image 18b shows player 40 for Coast to Coast facing away from the camera and ribbling the ball. Image 19b shows shows a player for Coast to Coast having just released a shot and a player for the Steelheaders jumping up and reaching out to block the shot. Player 40 for Coast to Coast is near the center of the image and facing away from the camera. Image 20b shows player 35 for the Steelheaders facing away from the camera and readying himself to recieve a pass coming from a teammate on the right-hand side of the image. Image 21b shows player 35 for the Steelheaders facing away from the camera and dribbling the ball. He is hunched forward slightly. Image 22b shows a player for Coast to Coast reaching out with both hands toward what appears to be a loose ball. A referee is at the left-hand edge of the image frame facing away from the camera. Image 23b shows players from both teams looking up toward the ball, which is very near to the rim of the basketball hoop. Player 40 for Coast to Coast is immediately under the basket facing away from the camera. Image 24b shows player 20 for Coast to Coast facing away from the camera and having just released a shot. The ball is not visible within the image frame. Image 25b shows players from both teams lined up for a free throw. The ball is visible in the air, but the shooter is outside of the right-hand edge of the image. Image 26b shows the players still lined up for the free throw, but here the photographer has panned to the right and the shooter is visible. Image 27b shows a player for Coast to Coast holding the ball with both hands back over his left shoulder. A bearded player for the Steelheaders is splaying his arms out to try to defend a shot or pass. Image 28b shows player 30 for Coast to Coast having just released a shot. A Steelheaders player is jumping and reaching up to block the shot. Image 29b shows a player fort he Steelheaders holding the ball with both hands and preparing to take a shot. His body is actually behind the backboard. Image 30b shows a Steelheaders player with a jersey number beginning with 3 holding the ball with both hands back over his left shoulder. A referee is visible near the left-hand edge of the image. Image 31b shows several players from each team looking up toward the ball, which is in the air traveling toward the basket. Player 30 for the Steelheaders is the player nearest to the camera, and he is facing away from the camera. Image 32b shows a Steelheaders player with a mustache sitting on the bench. He is out of focus. A Steelheaders player with a jersey number ending in 5 is dribbling the ball in the background. Image 33b shows player 33 from the Steelheaders holding the ball with both hands and preparing to take a shot. A Coast to Coast player with glasses is defending. Image 34b shows a lone Coast to Coast player jogging near the right-hand side of the image frame.
Printed along one long edge of each of these film negative strips is "KODAK SAFETY FILM 5063."Made/Created
Date made
1967 - 1981Notes
Film Size: 35 mm
Medium: AcetateLexicon
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People, Sports/Basketball, Coast to Coast, Johns Nisqually Steelheaders