A wooden table edge molder. Unusual appearance and checking cracks in the endgrain suggest plane was possibly stripped of its protective finish. There are several spots of iron staining and minor dark stains on the sides. There are exit holes from past…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.19
Tariq Nasheed is an American film producer and internet personality. He is best known for his Hidden Colors film series, as well as his commentary and promotion of conspiracy theories on social media. He coined the English-language term "Foundational Black…
A sterling silver memorial spoon (a) in a wooden case (b) designed by Sheila Bridges and fabricated by Susan Kay Walker, with CAD Design by Woody Tony, commissioned by the Museum of the City of New York for the 2017 exhibition "New York Silver, Then and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.13ab
A taupe-colored bonnet with cross-stitched brim and chin straps believed to have been worn by Martha Miller Barnes while she was enslaved as a field laborer by E.A.J. Miller on his plantation near Waterproof, Louisiana. The bonnet is a linen and cotton…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.58.1
Leather bound volume containing tax records of enslaver Hugh Torrance including years from 1852 to 1864. The text "Hugh Torrance / Tax Book" is handwritten in black ink on the front cover. The approximately twenty (20) interior pages are ruled and filled…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.166.36.1
Tazewell Branch (May 13, 1828 – April 30, 1925) was an American state legislator, former slave, and a shoemaker. He was twice elected to the Virginia House of Delegates.
Unbound teachers' monthly school reports received, October 1866–June 1870, are arranged chronologically. The reports are mainly from teachers in Kentucky, but at the end of the series there are reports from teachers in Illinois, December 1868–June 1870,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 2.3.4
The silver teapot has an oval vase-shape on a spreading pedestal foot, with curved spout capped by an incised patera and wooden leaf-capped scroll handle, and hinged domed cover with acorn finial. The scripted monogram "MC" has been engraved on the side…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.14
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