A document titled at the top "Memorandum." Written in a vertical column, the document lists names and monetary values. Some names have the notation "not Hired." On the reverse is written "Memorandum Negro hires 1794] in the center and "Bond for the year…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.11
A memorial card for Robert Riethmiller from Mae's Millinery Shop. The front of the card features a color print of the Virgin Mary. The back of the card is printed with the Lord's Prayer below the text "In Memory of / ROBERT RIETHMILLER / Died April 5, 1968".
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.19
Printed photo card of President John F. Kennedy from Mae's Millinery Shop. The front features a drawing of his face in three-quarter profile. The reverse has a message printed in black ink reading "John Fitzgerald Kennedy / President of the United States /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.16
A tri-fold program for the memorial services for midwife Amanda Carey Carter. The program is printed in black text on white paper with pink rose adornments and several color photographs. The front of the program reads [Celebration of Life / for / Amanda…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.75.16
Menelik Shabazz (30 May 1954 – 28 June 2021) was a Barbados-born British film director, producer, educator, and writer, acknowledged as a pioneer in the development of independent Black British cinema, having been at the forefront of contemporary British…
A menu from the Florida Avenue Grill restaurant in Washington, DC. The menu is a tri-fold design, with plastic sleeves bound by plastic trim. The sheets of paper inside each plastic sleeve can be removed or replaced. The front of the menu features a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.114.1
A menu from the Florida Avenue Grill restaurant in Washington, DC. The menu is two (2) identical copies of the same menu printed on paper, placed back to back, and laminated. On both sides, the foods are listed in three (3) columns, with the Breakfast Menu…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.114.2
A menu from the Florida Avenue Grill restaurant in Washington, DC. The menu is made from two (2) printed sheets of paper laminated and folded down the middle to make a bi-fold shape. The front cover features a text box with: "Specializing in / Southern…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.114.4
A menu from the Florida Avenue Grill restaurant in Washington, DC. The menu is one (1) printed sheet of black text on cream paper. The inside of the menu has a banner across the top that reads "MENU" in the upper left corner, with illustrations continuing…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.114.5
A menu insert from the Florida Avenue Grill restaurant in Washington, DC. The insert lists the lunch specials for the Florida Avenue Grill. The insert is printed in maroon ink on paper. There is no printing on the back.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.114.3
A metal and rhinestone accessory item made from openwork metal shaped as leaves curling in a roughly square shape around a central rhinestone or other decorative element that is now missing. Three (3) clear rhinestones are set into the leaves around the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.98
A gold-toned metal buckle, roughly triangular in shape, with the metal having a lacework design. White and pink rhinestones are set into the front. There is a wide metal loop on the center back and a smaller metal loop on the top of the buckle for…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.96
Metal cuff bracelet with vertical ribbed column decorations from Mae's Millinery Shop. It is open at the back, fitting over the wrist and bending to stay in place.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.47.2
