This folio continuity script for "Cotton Comes to Harlem" is from the 1970 film based on the Chester Himes' novel of the same name. The pages are mimeographed leaves bound in a black pressboard binder with a metal prong clasp. The front cover has a central…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.26.4
A color lithograph depicting a map of Colombia in relation to the Transatlantic slave trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. The continents appear as blocks of pink amidst the light blue oceans. Europe is a darker fuchsia than the other…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.166.2
This comic features an illustration of an interaction between a black cowboy and two white cowboys. The black cowboy is on horseback and his holding a hat in his hands. He as a second horse behind him who's reins he has tied to the other horse's tail. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.35.26
This comic features an illustration depicting a man who has lost his mule out west. The man is holding his boots in his hands and is wearing pants, chaps, shirt and hat. The mule is walking away in the distance. The text bubble at the top of the comic…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.35.28
An acrylic painting depicting people participating in Summer Olympic events. Some of the events depicted are rowing, archery, basketball, baseball, table tennis, track and field, lacrosse, shooting, Tae Kwon Do, cycling, badminton, soccer, an equestrian…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.151.2
A poster depicting people participating in Summer Olympic events. Some of the events depicted are rowing, archery, basketball, baseball, table tennis, track and field, lacrosse, shooting, Tae Kwon Do, cycling, badminton, soccer, an equestrian events,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.151.5
A black-and-white linocut, Coming Home, by Hale Woodruff, printed at Bob Blackburn’s Printmaking Shop, New York City, 1996. The depicts a row of rickety wooden shack homes set under a cloud-filled sky. A female figure, wearing a dress, hat, and high-heeled…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.145.1.3
Commemorative bell from the 1883 Swiss National Exhibition. The metal bell has a rectangular handle at top. There is star detailing around the top border. The center front has raised relief text which reads [DIPLOME / L’EXPOSITION / NATIONALE SUISS /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2017.13.1.4
Commemorative coconut from the Bayou Classic. The top half of the coconut is dark brown and covered in lacquer. There is a circular design on top with paint and glitter. The design is red at the top and black on the bottom. It has white text which reads…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.75.15
Four identical gold-colored commemorative coins made for Barack Obama's first Presidential Inauguration. The front of the coins depicts Barack Obama in front of the U.S. Capitol. Raised letters appear on front of coin, reading “ZANZIBAR ON THE WATERFRONT /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.116.1-.4
A denim vest with twenty-three [23] pinback buttons pinned across the front. The vest is made of light blue denim. It has two front breast pockets with button flaps, and six buttons down the middle from collar to hem. There are horizontal seams across the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.71.3
