Carbon copy receipt from Stern's Department Store found in cash box 2010.6.33.1 from Mae's Millinery Shop. The receipt is commercially printed, numbered 42977-30 and stamped in red ink with blue colored carbon paper transfer. The receipt has been made out…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.33.12
A black and white photograph of an unidentified man selling merchandise in Harlem, New York. The man is featured at the center of the photograph. He is visible from the upper chest and is looking through a small opening. On either side of the man there are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.48.1
A 16mm release print of the feature film Harlem Rides the Range. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film strips with variable-area optical sound. In the opening scene, Jim Dennison (Leonard Christmas), a homesteader, is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.167.9.1ab
Harold Eugene Ford Jr. (born May 11, 1970) is an American financial managing director, pundit, author, and former U.S. Congressman who served from 1997 to 2007 in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party from…
Harold "Slim" Jenkins (1890–1967) was the prominent African-American founder of the Slim Jenkins Cafe, a premier night club in West Oakland in the 1930s through the 1960s that featured such stars as B.B. King, The Ink Spots, Dinah Washington, and other…
Harold Gene Moss (October 1, 1929 – September 21, 2020) was an American politician and businessman who was the 34th mayor of Tacoma, Washington. He was the first African American member of the city's council, its first African American mayor and the first…
Harold Paul Freeman (March 2, 1933 – August 11, 2026) was an American physician. He was an authority on race, poverty and cancer. In his work in Harlem, Freeman identified the impact of poverty and cultural barriers on rates of cancer incidence and…
Harold P. Pierce (August 11, 1917 – March 8, 1988) was an African-American entrepreneur who founded the successful Harold's Chicken Shack restaurant chain in Chicago, Illinois. Pierce was born in Midway, Alabama, and moved to Chicago in 1943 from…
Harold Richard Varner, , (1935–2013) was an American architect, active in Detroit. Varner was a leader within the Black architectural firm Sims–Varner (now known as SDG Associates).
Harriet Alfarata Chapman Thompson (1871 – June 9, 1922) was an American author of the utopian novel Idealia: A Utopia Dream; Or, Resthaven (1922). Harriet Alfarata Chapman was born in Albany, New York, one of five children of African-Americans John R.…
Harriet Beecher Stowe Marble (May 2, 1885 – January 12, 1966) was an early African-American woman pharmacist and the first in Kentucky, gaining her degree from Meharry Medical College in 1906. She practiced in pharmacies in several states before…
Harry Coker Jr. is an American lawyer and national security expert serving as the Maryland Secretary of Commerce since 2025. He previously served as National Cyber Director from 2023 to 2025 and as the executive director of the National Security Agency…
Harry Jheopart Capehart Sr. (May 2, 1881 – May 15, 1955) was an American lawyer, politician, and businessperson in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Capehart served as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing McDowell County for three…
Harry Herbert Pace (January 6, 1884 – July 19, 1943) was an American music publisher and insurance executive. He was the founder of Black Swan Records, the first record label owned by an African American with wide distribution capabilities. Pace began…
Harry Reed was a comedian in the United States. He was African American. He entered show business in 1892. He performed with his father Cicero Reed in a show titled Silence and Fun. He was afterwards part of comedy team McCarver, Reed and McCarver with…
Harry Truman Pratt Sr. (October 17, 1873 – September 8, 1945) was an American educator, artist, publisher, businessman, and civic leader. He was the first African American graduate of the Maryland Institute of Art and Design, currently the Maryland…
Hartman Turnbow (March 20, 1905 – August 15, 1988) was a Mississippi farmer, orator, and activist during the Civil Rights Movement. On April 9, 1963, Turnbow was one of the first African Americans to attempt to register to vote in Mississippi, along with a…
Harvey Clarence Russell Jr. (1918 – February 20, 1998) was an American businessman. He was the vice president of PepsiCo, and made history as the first Black officer of a major U.S. multinational corporation.
Harvey Washington Banks (February 7, 1923 – 1979) was a professor of physics and astronomy at Howard University and was the first African American to earn a doctorate specifically in the field of astronomy.
Hashi Mohamed (English pronunciation: /'hæ.ʃi: mə'hæ.mɪd/; born September 1983) is a British barrister and journalist. A member of Lincoln's Inn since 2010, he is also an author of two books, and has written for publications including The Guardian, The…
Hat box without lid (a) made from a pasteboard bottom printed in cream and gold stripes, and clear plastic sides. The container was used by Mae Reeves to hold the following items: (b): Published paper sewing pattern by Kandel Knits for a mini cape, pattern…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.106a-i
Wooden floor hat stand base with a grooved column. A large dowel protudes from the top of the column. The hat stand is painted with gold metallic paint. A length of light purple tulle is wrapped and tied around the bottom of the column.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.27.3
