A fedora worn by Melvin Van Peebles. The hat is made from woven synthetic straw that has been blocked to shape. The weave features a repeat scallop pattern made from black and natural synthetic material. The asymmetrical brim is longer in the front (2”)…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.60.21
Felix Battles (early 1840s – April 20, 1907) was an American former slave and Civil War veteran who served in the United States Colored Troops, and one of the first settlers of Moorhead, Minnesota, where he was a businessman running his own barbershop. He…
A plaster form of a female head and neck covered with metallic gold paint. The facial features are detailed and realistic, including lines in the pulled back hairstyle to create the appearance of hair. The woman has her head turned over her proper left…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.125
A plaster form of a female head and neck covered with metallic gold paint. The facial features are detailed and realistic, including lines in the pulled back hairstyle to create the appearance of hair. The woman has her head turned over her proper left…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.126
COLONIES FRANÇAISE; HAUTE GUINÉE; Femme au bord du Niger; SFE [logo]; CARTE POSTALE; La correspondance au recto n'est pas acceptée par tous les pays étrangers[,] (Se renseigne à la Poste); Partie réservée à la Correspondance; Adresse du Destinataire.…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-1103
Ferdinand Havis (November 15, 1846 – August 25, 1918) was an American barber, state legislator, businessman, government official, and state militia member in Arkansas. Havis was born into slavery, the son of his enslaver and enslaved mother. He was a…
Fidelia Olin Adams Johnson (April 17, 1905 – May 14, 1996) was an American athlete and educator. She taught home economics and coached basketball at Grambling State University from 1929 to 1970.
An empty Kodak Royal pan film box, gold with black, grey, red and white graphic logo on front. Film had an expiration date of "Jan 1981" marked on box front edge. Handwriting on left side of box reads, "Bathing Suits / only" while handwriting on right side…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.30.3
A 16mm, silent, black-and-white film that shows members of the Drug Employees Union Local 1199 engaged in various activities. Members are shown attending meetings, working, walking a picket line, signing a petition, attending an art gallery exhibition, and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.79.1.14.1a
