Title	High school basketball
Subject	Basketball Basketball players High school athletes Massillon (Ohio)--History High school boys Basketball--1940-1950 Ohio--History--Pictorial works Federal Writers' Project
Time Period	1930s 1940s
Place	Massillon (Ohio) Stark County (Ohio) Akron (Ohio) Summit County (Ohio)
Description	The photograph shows a Massillon High School player, in a white jersey, leaping above several South High School players from Akron, Ohio. The Massillon player, an African-American, is working to pull in a rebound in front of a large crowd on the bleachers of the gymnasium. On the back of the photograph, a typed description reads: "Not a jumping jack, but the white-shirted young man is really up in the air. It's Odel Gillom, Massillon forward, with Alex Ellesin (No. 47) trying to scale the same heights. Massillon beat South, 34-15, to eliminate the Akron team from cage tourney." There is also a had written note reading, "Basketball, Massillon High School vs. South High School, Akron"
Creator	Federal Writers' Project
Date of Original	1937
Collection	Ohio Guide Collection
Source	State Archives Series 1039 AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio History Connection
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B13F02_001_001.tif
Image Height	6044
Image Width	4817
File Size	87369564 Bytes
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture
Date created	2011-05-19
Date modified	2011-06-27

High school basketball

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