A color photograph of Baltimore's Orchard Street United Methodist Church, which is believed to have played a role in the Underground Railroad, captured by great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman Mariline Northrup Wilkins. This image depicts a boarded up section…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.50.14.8
A black-and-white photograph of the S.S. Harriet Tubman before its launch mounted on a black paper page of a bound photograph album commemorating the event owned by Harriet Tubman's niece, Eva Stewart Northrup. This image depicts the ship in the slipway…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.50.29.9
A black-and-white photograph of Eva Stewart Northrup, another woman, and a clergyman standing in front of the stern of the S.S. Harriet Tubman. The photograph is mounted on a black paper page of a bound photograph album commemorating the event owned by…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.50.29.2
A black-and-white photograph of two women at the christening of the S.S. Harriet Tubman, mounted on a black paper page of a bound photograph album commemorating the event owned by Harriet Tubman's niece, Eva Stewart Northrup. The women pose together in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.50.29.12
A digital photograph depicting storm clouds above the Combahee River. The fields below are green, with brown patches occurring occasionally. The puffy clouds above appear to touch the ground in the distance.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.51
A black-and-white photograph studio portrait of a Black woman standing behind two white children sitting on an ornate rattan chair. The photograph is mounted to a brown backing board and is cracked and stained through the center of the image diagonally. A…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.1.116
A rectangular, framed photographic souvenir poster of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home in Anancostia, D.C. The poster features three black-and-white photographs against a tan background. In the center is a rectangular photograph of the exterior of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.4
A metal pickaxe head. The pickaxe head is squared at the center with an ovular circular eye. The pickaxe has straight, tapered, identical picks on each side.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.76
This book is entitled "Picture of Slavery in the United States of America," and was written by Reverend George Bourne. It was published by Edwin Hunt in 1834. The text is bound in a plain dark blue paper cover with text on the interior pages printed in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.7
Color picture postcard depicting five (5) dwellings in a row. Dwellings are white with a green roof. Black type along bottom of postcard's image reads, [SLAVE HUTS AT HERMITAGE, SAVANNAH, GA.]. Postcard has stamp, postmark, and handwritten message on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.312.183
A piecework quilt in a sawtooth design made by enslaved persons from the home of Sidney Lanier in Montgomery, Alabama. The quilt consists of blocks composed with strips of triangular pieces set in an alternating light and dark pattern to create a sawtooth…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.5
Pierre Caliste Landry (April 19, 1841 – December 22, 1921) was an American born into slavery, who went on to become an attorney, Methodist Episcopal minister, mayor, newspaper editor, and state legislator in Louisiana. He was elected in 1868 as mayor of…
Pierre Toussaint (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ tusɛ̃]; June 27, 1766 – June 30, 1853) was a Haitian slave, hairdresser and philanthropist, brought to New York City by his masters in 1787. He was declared Venerable by Pope John Paul II in 1996. Freed in 1807…
A metal pin back button featuring a photographic image of Sen. W.B. Nash. The pin is oval and made of metal with a slight tarnish. The front features a beaded design around the edge of the picture and the back is slightly indented with a horizontal pin…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.168.1
A pinback button owned by Marquis Peterson. The button is missing the fastening device and is now just a celluloid disk with a metal back and edge. The front has a colored image of a Grand Army of the Republic medal. The image has an eagle at top with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.78.7
A pinback button for the National Park Service's Junior Ranger program for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The button is in the shape of a badge. The background of the badge is tan and has brown outlines throughout. Text at the top of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.68.103
Pinback button from the Georgetown student referendum on semesterly fee to benefit descendants of the 272 enslaved people sold by Georgetown University in 1838. The button is round with gold letters reading [STUDENTS FOR / MARY ELLEN] and white letters…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.10.3.2
Round pin-back button featuring a black and white image of an African American man hung from a wood post and an African American woman hung by her hands from a tree branch. Black type appears above and below imagery and reads, [REPARATIONS../NOW!].
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.201.1.49
Pinback button from the Georgetown student referendum on a semesterly fee to benefit descendants of the 272 enslaved people sold by Georgetown University in 1838. The button is round and reads [I'M VOTING / YES / FOR THE 272] in white text against a red…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.10.3.1
A wooden box owned by Marquis Peterson. The rectangular box is varnished brown and has a lid on top. Embossed on the lid is “55 / Mass. Vol. Inf. / Marquis Peterson.” The lid is connected to the box by two metal hinges. The sides of the box are constructed…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.78.1
A handmade pitchfork constructed from a hickory tree branch from the Chicora Wood Plantation in Plantersville, South Carolina. The pitchfork is constructed from a three-pronged branch that serves as the handle and tines and a carved piece of wood with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.23
Paul Sylvester "P.J." Morton Jr. (born March 29, 1981) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. In 2010, he joined pop rock band Maroon 5, as a touring member and became an official member after Jesse Carmichael went on a brief…
