A black-and-white photograph of Dunbar creek on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Grass is in the foreground with the creek and opposite bank in the center of the photograph. The sky, filled with puffy white clouds, is both above and reflected in the creek water…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.91.7
A metal splitting maul head. The maul head is roughly wedge-shaped. One side of the maul is an axe blade and the other is a butt that doubles as a hammer. The hammer has eight (8) sides and a smooth striking edge. The axe blade has a beveled cutting edge…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.46
Spottswood Rice (November 1819 – October 31, 1907) was a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church and a private in the Union Army during the US Civil War. Rice is most famous for a pair of forcefully written letters to the owner of his wife…
Model 1816 Musket, wooden gunstock and metal barrel and furniture. Carved into the stock is [William]. A last name may be carved as well but is illegible. [VVV] is carved into metal butt. Etched into the lock plate is [FIELD / 1838] - ostensibly referring…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.15.1
A square brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in St. Martinsville, Louisiana. It is a solid style, press molded brick with scrape marks on the back. The brick is reddish brown in color with worn surfaces. The brick has…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.15
A square brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Port Royal, Virginia. It is a solid style, ground molded brick. The brick is dark reddish brown in color with worn surfaces. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.20
A square brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, sand cast, fired brick. The brick is dark reddish brown in color with worn surfaces and edges. The brick is slightly…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.9
This silkscreen print depicts a man in a dark red coat with a black sash and tall crowned hat. Wearing white trousers and tall black boots with gold spurs, he faces the grey horse in front of him and points with his right hand. His back is to the viewer.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2008.12.12
This small brass button is stamped with the device of a spread eagle with shield holding an olive branch in his right claws and three arrows in his left claw. It is a standard small-sized general service button worn by a non-commissioned officer or…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.4.5
State of Florida three dollar bill featuring a central image of a large ship with extended sails at sea. Underneath the ship, printed in large block letters is the inscription, [THE / STATE OF FLORIDA / Will pay THREE DOLLARS to bearer / on demand.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.3
State of Georgia five dollar bill adhered to a brown rectangular piece of paper. The front of the currency has a central image of a Grecian woman lounging against a box overlooking a pile of goods, a Grecian temple, and woods. Above, printed in large…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.2
State of South Carolina fifty cents bill featuring a central image of a palm tree with scroll work designs and flowers underneath. Large lettering above the palm tree reads, [The Bank / of the / STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA]. The number [50] is printed in bold…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.18
A single page Portuguese language manuscript document signed by Captain Joaquin Antonio da Corta regarding the Brazilian ship the Convenção. The document has text on one side only, written in brown ink. In addition to the signature of da Corta beneath the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.1.235.4
A manuscript document consisting of brown ink on one half of a single sheet of paper. The manuscript is signed by Captain Joaquin Antonio da Corta of the Brazilian ship the Convenção. The manuscript also mentions [Manuel Gonsalves de Corta] and [azucar,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.1.235.5
The single volume of statements relating to complaints, July 1867–January 1868 (67), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains accounts of supplies and a register of supplies.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.39.5
The Station Book (23) of officers and civilians employed by the Bureau, 1865–69, is arranged by year and thereunder alphabetically by initial letter of officer's surname. It contains a name index and indicates the duty, rank, date of employment, and title…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M979, File 2.5.1
