Super Bowl XLVIII Celebrated at Metropolitan Museum of Art with a New Exhibition

January 28, 2014   ·   Christopher Impiglia   ·   Jump to comments

Just in time for the first Super Bowl to take place in the Metropolitan area, a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York celebrates the very origins of the NFL and America’s most popular sport.
In 1947, Robert R. Burdick donated his famous collection of about 300,000 vintage postcards to the museum. Now, exposed for the first time to the public eye, football’s first athletes are brought to life in Gridiron Greats, a chronological history of the sport told through the enduring faces of its participants.
Among these is a powerful image of legendary all-rounder Jim Thorpe (above) and two of Kenny Washington, who broke the color barrier in professional football.
And yet there is a balance between these highlights and cards depicting some of the unknown figures whose identities have been forgotten but whose voices can be still heard. One such image signed by "Art" (below) presents us with a short poem.
Walk, / many an hour / is brightened ...

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