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Fannie Hopkins Hamilton (1882–1964) was an African-American dress maker and suffragist who joined the Equal Suffrage Study Club and uplifted the black community in Wilmington, Delaware. She was a leader, contributor, activist, and supportive teacher…
1921–2007
Fannie Lee Chaney (née Roberts; September 4, 1921 – May 22, 2007) was an American baker turned civil rights activist after her son James Chaney was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan during the 1964 Freedom Summer rides in Mississippi. After her son's murder,…
1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA gelatin silver print of Fannie Lou Hamer wearing a floral print top. She is standing on a dirt road. The photograph is mounted to black cardboard. Handwritten on back of mount is [Louis Draper/c/o Barboza Studio/242-1880/DR 0028].
1918–2005
Fannie Mae Duncan (July 5, 1918 — September 13, 2005) was an African-American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and community activist in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She is best known as the proprietor of the Cotton Club, an early integrated jazz club in…
1914–2013
Fannie Emma Pennington (February 1, 1914 – February 13, 2013) was an American activist, organizer, and fundraising coordinator for U.S. Congressional Representative (Harlem) Adam Clayton Powell Jr.'s Isaac Democratic Club and the Abyssinian Baptist Church…
January 15, 1969; printed 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph shows Harry Belafonte seated in a car after the first commemorative birthday event for Martin Luther King Jr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1969. Belafonte is smiling slightly and looking out of the car window toward the…
ca. 1977
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is the Far West ring designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The ring is formed from a sterling silver wire shaped into an open-ended band with a serpentine or wave pattern. Placed on one end of the band is a large, triangular red and purple agate…
1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "Farmer and his wife at their farm house; taken on patrol to Kalifaiya. Taken Oct. 1978 at P.C. Agriculture Training at Mabonto. The date on the slide is JAN 79.".
1934
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis drawing depicts aspects and symbols of war and fascism. The central figure is a monumental skeleton in an enveloping black robe. Within his arms are a ship, a submarine and an airplane. To the right of the skeletal figure is a monumental figure of a…
1999
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Fashion Fair beauty guide product catalog. The cover of the catalog has a close-up image of a woman's face tilted to the side. Printed in white text at the bottom of the catalog is the text [FASHION FAIR® / Beauty Guide]. The price of the catalog [$3.50]…
2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA fashion illustration of a sleeveless evening gown by Eric Gaskins. The finished garment for this sketch was featured in "Living it Up" the 2004-2005 Ebony Fashion Fair. The illustration has a back and a front view of the gown and is drawn in brown pen or…
Spring 2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA fashion illustration of a single sleeve evening gown by Eric Gaskins. The illustration has a back and a front view of the gown and is drawn in black pen or marker. The model has a cropped hairstyle. The dress has a single shoulder on the right side, it…
n.d.
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Fashion Show” (Photographs).
1947; printed 2017
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of a young three young boys at Penn Station in New York City. The photograph features one of the young boys standing towards the camera. He has his proper right hand on his hip and looks off to the right of the photograph. He…
1963; printed 1998
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a man and infant sitting on a balcony in New York by photographer Leonard Freed. The man and his baby are dressed in white and sitting in the left portion of the frame. City streets are visible beyond the balcony. The date…
ca. 1975
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph depicts a father and his daughter standing on a putting green. Standing behind the hole, the father has his right arm around his daughter. He wears plaid pants and a dark colored sweater. His daughter wears a light colored…
early 1980s; printed 2010
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis color photograph shows a father carrying his son on his shoulders in the Downtown Brooklyn section of New York in the early 1980s. The father and son wear similar outfits with graffiti art on the back of their jackets. The back of the photograph is…
October 16, 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black-and-white photograph depicts a man and his two young sons; he carries the younger one on his shoulders while holding the older one in front of him, arms around his shoulders. They stand turned slightly away from the viewer. All three wear…
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Father Divine (c. 1876 – September 10, 1965), also known as Reverend M. J. Divine, was an American spiritual leader from about 1907 until his death in 1965. His full self-given name was Reverend Major Jealous Divine, and he was also known as "the…
ca. 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of Carlos Richardson and one of his daughters at center-left with an unidentified man and child in the foreground. They are in a park under trees, and other parents and children are visible in the background. 77.
December 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of Guy Miller and two of his children in an indoor setting. The view of the trio is obstructed by an ajar door. Miller cradles the smaller of the children as the other looks at something out of frame. 68.
ca. 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of Carlos Richardson holding his daughter as he walks through a park along a fence lined with trees and shrubs. In the background is a street with cars and apartment buildings. 69.
November 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of Jerrell Willis and his son, Fidel. Willis walks down a sidewalk with his hand on Fidel's head, which is helmeted. The bicycle or scooter that Fidel rides is off-frame. A lens flare appears over the top of a building in the background. 68.
July 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of Guy Miller and two of his children in an outdoor setting. He holds a little girl on his lap while he wraps a bandage around the forearm of his son Nijel. In the background are several other children on a basketball court. 68.
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