A black-and-white photograph of an Atlanta Life Insurance party. In this photograph, six women and two men are standing in front of a brick building in formal attire. From left to right: Lucia Bacote is wearing a dark halter dress with a leaf print…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.48
A black-and-white photograph of Big Daddy Kane getting his hair trimmed. Kane is sitting in the foreground with a cape draped over his shoulders. His head is tilted to his left as the barber uses electric clippers to shape Kane's box top hair style. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.267
A digital image of Selena Williams and her granddaughter Bonnie Taylor-Williams captured in the family business, Selena’s House of Beauty, a hair salon in Chicago, Illinois during an oral history interview. It is held as a TIFF file (.tif). Visible from…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.4.3
This is a color photograph depicting Dapper Dan in his clothing boutique in Harlem, New York. Dan is pictured just right of center, clutching a white fur coat and looking directly at the camera. He wears a white tracksuit jacket and hat printed with the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.91
A black-and-white photograph of Dread Broadcasting Corporation Reggae DJ at the Notting Hill Carnival, 1979, London, England. The image features a man wearing headphones, a hat, and a Dread Broadcasting Corporation t-shirt, holding a small microphone to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.159.1-.2
A black and white photograph of the Dreamland Theater as reconstruction is being completed following the destruction of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The image depicts a two story brick building with a center arch. The first floor is still uncompleted,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.79.33
A black-and-white photograph of two young women and a boy standing in front of Star Employment Agency. The boy, flanked by the ladies, wears a three-button suit and tie. He carries a something on a strap over his left shoulder and has several small items…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.72.2.3.73
This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and her husband Claude A. Barnett. They are seated next to each other in a highly decorated room. Etta Moten Barnett sits on a cream-colored wide chair, wearing a knee length black dress with short…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.37
A black and white photograph of First Vice President Eugene Martin speaking at an Atlanta Life Insurance Company reception at the Butler Street YMCA gymnasium. He is wearing a dark three-piece suit, a medium toned tie, white collared shirt, and a white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.32
A black and white photograph of First Vice President Eugene Martin speaking at an Atlanta Life Insurance Company reception at the Butler Street YMCA gymnasium. He is wearing a dark three-piece suit, a medium toned tie, white collared shirt, and a white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.33
This silver gelatin print depicts a group portrait of five unidentified people captured by photographer John Green. Two men and three women stand together in front of a cluster of palm fronds. The three women stand together in front. Two women wear printed…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.13.10
A black-and-white photograph of Flavor Flav, his mom, and his children -- Shanique, William Jr., and Karen -- at Flavor Flav's Barber Shop, Freeport, L.I., taken May 20, 1992. The image shows Flavor Flav with his arm around his mother and his three…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.279
A color print photograph of Delta Air Lines flight attendant, Casey Grant, working in the galley aboard a Boeing 757 passenger jet. Wearing her Delta Air Lines uniform, Grant is pictured in the center of the photograph preparing food. Grant’s short brown…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.50.24.6
A black and white photograph of four Atlanta Life Insurance Company employees standing outside the Atlanta Life offices, a white, concrete building with five visible windows. Standing from left to right: Gilbert E. DeLorme, Sr., Edward L. Simon, Eugene…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.42
A black and white photograph of four Atlanta Life Insurance Company employees standing outside the Atlanta Life offices, a white, concrete building with five visible windows. Standing from left to right: Edward L. Simon, Eugene Martin, an unidentified man…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.43
A black and white photograph of a Fred Toomer speaking at an Atlanta Life Insurance Company reception at the Butler Street YMCA gymnasium. He is standing in the far right of the photograph, under a basketball net, wearing a light colored suit, a dark tie,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.35
A black and white photograph of Gilbert DeLorme, Sr. Mr. DeLorme is seated at a desk behind a metal piano desk lamp, holding a piece of paper that he reading. DeLorme is wearing dark glasses, a dark tweed suit jacket, a dark patterned tie, white shirt and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.50
A black and white photograph of Gilbert DeLorme, Sr. Mr. DeLorme is seated at a desk in the offices of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. DeLorme is wearing dark glasses, a medium toned suit, a dark patterned tie, white shirt and a white handkerchief is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.47
A black and white photograph of Gilbert E. DeLorme Sr., speaking at an Atlanta Life Insurance Company reception at the Butler Street YMCA gymnasium. He is standing in the foreground, wearing a dark three-piece suit, a medium toned tie, white collared…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.52
A black and white photograph of two men shaking hands. The man on the left of the photograph is Gilbert E. DeLorme, Sr. He is standing in profile and wearing glasses, a light toned suit and tie with a white shirt. The Atlanta Life Insurance employee…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.31
A black-and-white photograph group portrait of James A. Parsons, Jr. with five lab colleagues from Duriron Co. Parsons is seated in the front row, left seat. Two other men are seated next to him, with three additional men standing behind. All six are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.246.14
A black and white photograph of Jerry Sumpter and barber Clarence Williams inside Crystal Barber Shop and Billiard Parlor. The shop interior, owned by William "Woogie" Harris, is lined with windows and barber chairs. Sumpter sits in one of the chairs,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.75
A black-and-white photograph of Joel and Mae Reeves posing with a number of hats. Joel stands to the right of Mae and wears a dark suit with a bowtie and holds a cigarette in his right hand. Mae wears a dark dress with a large floral decoration below her…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.46.1
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Lee Simmons. Simmons is depicted seated at a small wooden desk with a typewriter. She is looking over her proper left shoulder towards the viewer, with her proper left elbow resting on the back of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.197
