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1994

Founded in 1987, Ice Hockey in Harlem is a non-profit organization that gives roughly 250 children between the ages of 5 to 18 the opportunity to learn the game of ice hockey and participate in academic enrichment programs free of charge. Most of the program’s participants, who must be residents of Harlem or Upper Manhattan, are black and Hispanic. Ice Hockey in Harlem is one of several programs across the country, including the Fort Dupont program in Washington D.C., the Snider Hockey program in Philadelphia, and the Detroit Ice Dreams, focused on increasing black and minority participation in ice hockey.

Color photograph of Ice Hockey in Harlem students in the 1994 Stanley Cup parade for NHL Champion New York Rangers.
The landscape-oriented photograph features a large crowd walking in the 1994 Stanley Cup parade. There are tall buildings in the background with streamers falling from up above. The crowd consists of adults and children, the majority in white shirts. Many people are holding up white rectangular signs with the red, white, and blue Rangers logo and red text which reads [1994 / STANLEY / CUP / CHAMPIONS]. There is a man in the front center wearing a red baseball cap and holding a video camera. On the proper right side there are several people holding a large rectangular white banner with white and red text. It reads [ICE HOCKEY IN HARLEM / Congratulates / 1994 STANLEY CUP / Champions / N.Y. Rangers] in several different fonts. There is also a small Ice Hockey in Harlem logo on the bottom proper left corner of the banner. In the proper front left corner of the photograph there are people holding a square white banner with a red, black, and white Ice Hockey in Harlem logo. There is an image of a cityscape in black with white windows. There is a red, black, and white image of a hockey player in the center of the cityscape. He has a black face mask, gloves, and skates, with a red and white uniform. His legs are angled towards the proper right side of the logo with a spray of ice at the bottom. He is holding a black hockey stick on the proper left side. There are white block letters outlined in black under the image which read [ICE HOCKEY]. The text below is red. It reads [IN] in small, thin text and [Harlem] in a bigger script font. The logo has a black circle around it. Several people are holding hockey sticks in the air.
The back of the photograph is white with a logo repeated in diagonal lines. The logo reads [FUJICOLOR / paper] in two different fonts. There is also a series of letters and numbers going down the left side.

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Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ice Hockey in Harlem

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Object Name • Color photograph of Ice Hockey in Harlem students in 1994 Stanley Cup parade

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COLOR PHOTOGRAPH OF ICE HOCKEY IN HARLEM STUDENTS IN 1994 STANLEY CUP PARADE

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1990s

New York Rangers • Ice Hockey in Harlem

New York City • Harlem • United States • North and Central America

Hockey • Recreation • Youth • Children • Urban life • Sports

Locale • Harlem • City • New York City • State • New York • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America

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