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1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGMetal hatpin decorated at one end with two white plastic pearls and one black bead. Adhesive residue on the top of the black bead indicates additional decorative elements are likely missing.
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGMetal hatpin (a) decorated with amber colored beads, rhinestones, and gold colored metal decorations. There is a small metal cap (b) covering the sharp end of the pin.
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGMetal hatpin decorated with opaque plastic black rhinestones and gold-colored metal spacers, including one metal spacer with clear rhinestone details.
2010
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAnnouncement for a ceremony honoring Mae Reeves and the inclusion of her items into the collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. The ceremony advertised took place on July 27, 2010 at the African American…
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA newspaper clipping of the article "Hats Off to Spring" from the Washington Post, April 3, 1983, from Mae's Millinery Shop. The article discusses several hat makers and the women who wear their hats. It is two (2) pages stapled together at the top left.
Biography
Hattie Moseley Austin (c. 1900—April 23, 1998) was an American chef and restaurateur. She was the founder-owner-chef of Hattie's Chicken Shack in Saratoga Springs, New York.
April 13, 1960
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGHeadboard (2011.12.31.1a) with brackets (2011.12.31.1bc) and footboard (2011.12.31.2a) with brackets (2011.12.31.2bc) from a bed from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. 2011.12.31.1a: The headboard is plain and features a primarily white padded headboard that is…
1810
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Health assessment in the Port of Savannah of the captain, officers, seamen, and passengers of Ship Patterson are health and free of disease and plague to continue travel to Tonniger” (Text).
1997
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA softcover copy of Heart Full of Grace, A Thousand Years of Black Wisdom, edited by Venice Johnson. The soft covers of the book have been plasticized. The front cover is primarily white overlayed with a faint off-white diamond and square pattern. The…
1948–2020
Hecky Powell (November 6, 1948 – May 22, 2020) was an American businessman, philanthropist and community leader from Evanston, Illinois.
2016–
Heiress Diana Harris (born March 26, 2016) is an American child actress, singer, entrepreneur, and social media personality.
1950s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA young African American woman wears a white blouse and apron and stands behind a diner counter.
1936
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA booklet, published by the Virginia State Department of Health, called "Help for Midwives," owned by midwife Amanda Carey Carter. The cover is white paper with blue threads, and the interior pages are white. The booklet is printed in black ink throughout…
ca. 1920
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA booklet, published by the Virginia State Department of Health, called "Help for Midwives," owned by midwife Amanda Carey Carter. The booklet is printed in black ink on off-white paper and center bound with two large staples. The book is 32 pages long,…
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Henrietta Duterte (née Bowers; July 1817 – December 23, 1903) was an African-American funeral home owner, philanthropist, and abolitionist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was the first American woman to own a mortuary, and her business operated as a…
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Henry Allen Rucker (November 14, 1852—May 11, 1924) was an African American entrepreneur and politician. Born into slavery, he was able to achieve significant wealth and political power within the Republican Party. From 1897 to 1911 — the administrations…
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Henry Allen Loveless (1854–1921) was a businessman and community leader in Montgomery, Alabama. He helped found the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
Dates not recorded
Henry Z. Burckmeyer was an American politician. He was a state legislator in South Carolina. He represented Charleston County as an Independent in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1874 to 1876. He was documented as a merchant who was free…
1836–1885
Henry C. Cherry (circa 1836 – July 11, 1885) was an American politician. Born enslaved in North Carolina, he eventually was freed and moved to Edgecombe County where he worked as a carpenter and merchant. He served as a delegate in North Carolina's 1868…
1916–1989
Henry G. Parks Jr. (September 29, 1916 – April 24, 1989) was an American businessman and politician based in Baltimore. He was the founder of Parks Sausages Company, one of the first publicly traded Black-owned businesses and the first ever to be listed on…
1870–1946
Henry McKee Minton (25 December 1870 - 29 December 1946) was an African-American medical doctor who was one of the founders of Sigma Pi Phi and was Superintendent of the Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia for twenty-four years. He wrote on medical care for…
1809–1878
Henry Moxley (1809 – December 12, 1878) was an African-American businessman, religious leader and activist in Buffalo, New York. He is known for his work to promote school integration and the education of African-American children.
1934–2015
Henry Thomas Sampson Jr. (April 22, 1934 – June 4, 2015) was an American engineer, inventor and film historian who created the gamma-electric cell in 1971 — a device with the main goal of generating auxiliary power from the shielding of a nuclear reactor.…
1953–
Henry W. McGee (born January 22, 1953) is an American businessman and academic. He is a senior lecturer of business administration at the Harvard Business School, and the former president of HBO Home Entertainment.
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