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mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA long black leather handbag with a gold clasp. The black leather purse has an overall trapezoid shape and a self-fabric across the front with a curved top edge. The leather body of the purse is tucked into a metal frame that has a thin layer of black…
1940-2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a pair of long kid gloves that belonged to Etta Moten Barnett. Made of white kid leather, the gloves go past the elbow. They are fitted and have no stamps or makers marks. There is a dark smudge on one arm.
2009-2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGWhite long johns worn by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in Louisiana. The long johns are waffled and thin, with an orange mark of numbers, “020093”, printed vertically along the proper left leg.
2010-10-06
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal Carousel 25, slide 47.
1989
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA long sleeve black and red dress designed by Patrick Kelly for his Fall/Winter 1989 collection. The dress is made of wool and synthetic blend knit. It is fitted and ends at knee length. The dress has a two-and-a-half-inch self-faced band collar and long…
mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA long sleeve cotton shift dress (possibly a nurses’ uniform) and corresponding buttons (b). The dress is made from white cotton and features a pointed collar made from one panel of fabric. Two panels of cotton fabric make up the front of the dress, which…
late 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn ensemble consisting of a long sleeve tunic, shirt, and pants with leaf print. The tunic (a) is made of printed cotton fabric with a leaf pattern. The background of the print is gold and yellow with vertical black wavy lines. Geometric abstract leaves…
ca. 1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGLong underwear worn by Seba Johnson in the 1988 and/or 1992 Winter Olympics. The white thermal underwear has a red zipper that runs from the neckline to the waist at center. A [m] patch is featured on both the left and right collars.
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGLong yellow faux pearl necklace from Mae's Millinery Shop. The beads are larger at the center front, becoming smaller along each end. There is a metal clasp at the center back.
1950–2024
Lonnie Randolph Jr. (June 3, 1950 – October 19, 2024) was an American physician and civil rights activist who led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in South Carolina, known as the South Carolina Conference of NAACP, for…
1940s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGLook Back the Tail Ends Here - 26th Street, Manhattan, New York, 1940's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 213. A black-and-white photograph of a cat standing on an open window sill and looking back at the camera.
1976
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “"Looking Good" Article on Art Smith Jewelry by Yvonne O'Neal in "Unique NY"”.
November 15, 2008; printed 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Capital Pool Checkers Club. This photograph was taken from S Street and shows the inside of the club through the front door and features the exterior sign "Townes Groceries" and some graffiti. The print is inscribed on the back.
undated
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Loose Jewelry Designs and Stencils (f. 1 of 2)”.
undated
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Loose Jewelry Designs and Stencils (f. 2 of 2)”.
undated
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Loose Notes - Artistic Philosophy, and Contacts”.
1937
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGLoose, unnumbered, pages from a Cotton Club program featuring photographs of Cotton Club performers and musicians, as well as reviews, and two (2) articles also about the Cotton Club. 2013.46.25.270a: Four (4) loose, unnumbered, Cotton Club program pages.…
undated
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Loose Photograph of Jewelry”.
1878–1946
Lorenzo Houston King (2 January 1878 – 17 December 1946) was an American bishop of The Methodist Church, elected in 1940. He was born in Macon, Mississippi to parents who had once been slaves. He was ordained in 1907 in the Atlanta Annual Conference of the…
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Lorenzo Sewell (born March 24, 1981) is an American non-denominational pastor and former gang leader who serves as the senior pastor at the Detroit-based 180 Church. He spoke on day four of the 2024 Republican National Convention, and gave one of the three…
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Lorenzo Thomas (August 31, 1944 – July 4, 2005) was an American poet and critic. He was born in the Republic of Panama and grew up in New York City, where his family immigrated in 1948. In 1973, Thomas moved to Houston, Texas.
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Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949) is an American actress. She is known for numerous roles across stage and screen. Her most high profile roles include Lorrell Robinson in the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls (1981), Muriel Stubbs in the…
1960–
Loretta Pettway Bennett (born December 29, 1960) is an American artist. She is associated with the Freedom Quilting Bee, where her mother, Qunnie Pettway, worked, and with the Gee's Bend quiltmakers. She is a prolific artist and culture-bearer, dedicated…
1930–1965
Hansberry's 1959 drama A Raisin in the Sun broke new ground for Black playwrights and offered an unflinching portrait of a Chicago family pursuing the American dream.
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