Discover clothing, family photographs, personal belongings and other objects that preserve everyday experiences.
15,889 matching cards · 24 cards per page
1966
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Hand-printed Mourning Cloth, Adinkra, Ghana” (Slides (photographs); Color slides).
1990-2010
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA handmade tank top using cotton t-shirt material. The front is blue, the back is green, and there are burgundy details. The name "LYTE" is hand-appliqued at the front chest in burgundy cotton. The same fabric is used to lace and tie the shoulders, to lace…
ca. 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGHand tinted photograph of a Women's Army Corps soldier wearing a khaki uniform. It is inscribed "to mom love Polly" in the lower right corner on the front. The photograph has the name "Pauline Cookman" written on the back.
1967 - 1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA leather and plastic handbag designed to resemble the elevators in the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. The handbag is cylindrical, with tapered ends. The main body of the handbag is clear, made from one piece of plastic that is stapled at its…
February 15, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted handbill advertising a Brotherhood Reception for T.R.M. Howard, M.D., President Regional Council of Negro Leadership and President of the Negro Medical Association on February 15, 1956 at the Museum of Science, Boston. The reception was sponsored…
March 23, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted handbill annoucing a "Prayer Meeting and Song Fest" with Martin Luther King, Jr. at the United Methodist Church of Boston, MA on March 23, 1956. The meeting was sponsored by the Sigma Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the…
March 23, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted handbill annoucing a "Prayer Meeting and Song Fest" with Martin Luther King, Jr. at the United Methodist Church of Boston, MA on March 23, 1956. The meeting was sponsored by the Sigma Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the…
March 23, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted handbill annoucing a "Prayer Meeting and Song Fest" with Martin Luther King, Jr. at the United Methodist Church of Boston, MA on March 23, 1956. The meeting was sponsored by the Sigma Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the…
March 23, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted handbill annoucing a "Prayer Meeting and Song Fest" with Martin Luther King, Jr. at the United Methodist Church of Boston, MA on March 23, 1956. The meeting was sponsored by the Sigma Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the…
1884
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGHandbill advertising a benefit event for A.M.E. Zion Church Stony Brook and its pastor Rev. Thomas C. Johnson. The small flier has black printed text on a white background. The text begins [Zion Sons and Daughters, Awake!] with an invitation to [A Grand /…
ca. 1955
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted handbill advertising Negro History Week programming at the Freedom House in Boston. The flier is on beige paper with printed black text reading [NEGRO HISTORY WEEK / Jazz Program / FREEDOM HOUSE] at the top. The programming includes lectures on…
ca. 1955
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted handbill advertising Negro History Week programming at the Freedom House in Boston. The flier is on beige paper with printed black text reading [NEGRO HISTORY WEEK / Jazz Program / FREEDOM HOUSE] at the top. The programming includes lectures on…
ca. 1955
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted handbill advertising Negro History Week programming at the Freedom House in Boston. The flier is on beige paper with printed black text reading [NEGRO HISTORY WEEK / Jazz Program / FREEDOM HOUSE] at the top. The programming includes lectures on…
October 9, 1955
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA printed handbill advertising a speaking engagement sponsored by the Boston Branch of the NAACP for Rev. Morris H. Tynes, Pastor of Monumental Baptist Church in Chicago, regarding the Emmett Till case at the A.M.E. Zion Church in Boston on Sunday October…
October 9, 1955
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA printed handbill advertising a speaking engagement sponsored by the Boston Branch of the NAACP for Rev. Morris H. Tynes, Pastor of Monumental Baptist Church in Chicago, regarding the Emmett Till case at the A.M.E. Zion Church in Boston on Sunday October…
1870s - early 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA square handkerchief made of machine-woven off-white linen or cotton with scalloped edges. The handkerchief is machine-embroidered in silk around the borders with a design of two zigzags running parallel with each other and small dots between the zigzag…
1870s - early 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA square handkerchief made of machine-woven off-white linen or cotton with three borders of machine-made lacework. The innermost and outermost lacework motifs are bobbin lace designs of a chain with one thick and one thin link on a mesh ground. Between…
1870s - early 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA square handkerchief made of machine-woven off-white linen or cotton with machine-made lacework borders. The central square of the handkerchief is plain except for a lacework floral spring in one corner. The border consists of four panels of bobbin lace…
after 1941
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn aubergine pocket square. An unidentified logo is embroidered in one corner in yellow and brown thread.
1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cloth handkerchief with a white background and blue border. The handkerchief is printed on one side with a color map of Seoul, South Korea which highlights different venues related to the 1988 Summer Olympics. To the left and below the map are keys for…
1942-1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA red, white, and blue linen square handkerchief promoting the Double V campaign of World War II. The white fabric is printed with red and blue dye to create a design of three (3) vertical stripes colored from left to right in red, white, and blue. The…
2001-2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis handmade faux fur garment was worn as part of a costume along with a pair of black fishnet stockings and a necklace by dancer Johnette “Suki” Dodson on the television show Soul Train in the early 2000s. The garment is comprised of separable sections,…
1917-1918
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSweetheart gift from World War I. A hand-made adornment that consists of a blue fabric exterior and American flag interior. When folded in half, the gift has a clear front. A white patch has been sewn in the center of the blue fabric and embroidered with…
2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA handmade sign used at a demonstration led by a Unitarian Church in south St. Louis, Missouri located on the corner of Hampton Avenue and Chippewa Street, following the killing of VonDerrit Myers. The white, posterboard sign has text written in blue ink…
Biographies, museum objects and archive records are distinct card types. Every card links to its historical source.
