Dr. James Naismith with His First Basketball Team

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Description

Dr. James Naismith (Wearing Suit), a Springfield College instructor and basketball’s inventor. He is with the “First Team”. The first game was played in 1891 in fulfillment of an assignment given to Naismith to create a game that could be played indoors between the football and baseball seasons, Source: Springfield College.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Information Agency.

National Archives Identifier: 12004702

Full Citation: Dr. James Naismith with His First Basketball Team; ca. 1881; Master File Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Personalities, World Events, and American Economic, Social, and Cultural Life, ca. 1953 – ca. 1994; Records of the U.S. Information Agency, Record Group 306; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/dr-james-naismith-with-his-first-basketball-team/, March 30, 2026]

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