A black-and-white photograph of Sylvia Robinson at her desk at Sugar Hill Records in Englewood, New Jersey. Robinson stands behind the desk, holding the phone up to her ear and with a pen or pencil held up to her mouth. The desk in front of her is covered…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.428
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image Tallulah Bankhead seated with three men and a woman at a table covered with a white tablecloth. The woman on the far left is wearing a fur coat and a long, plaid skirt. The woman to the right of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.200
A sepia toned photograph of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company in Atlanta, Georgia. The photograph is of four women and one man. On the left side of the photograph, two women are seated at desks with typewriters. The woman on the far left is wearing a dark…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.41
A black-and-white photograph of the exterior of Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio. The photograph, taken at night, depicts a crowd of people watching Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins deejaying inside his record studio. The crowd is standing on the sidewalk…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.91.2.7
A black and white photograph of the Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Depicted are store fronts, telephone wires, and a sign for a dentist's office. People are visible on the sidewalk. There are no marks on the back.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.60.7
A black-and-white photograph of the first funeral of the Home Benefit Burial Club of Earle, Arkansas, serviced by Heilig Undertakers. A large group of men, women and children stand outdoors around a casket draped with flowers, in front of a large building…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.27.7
A black-and-white photograph of a restaurant. There are two long rows of tables with four wooden chairs at each. The table closest to the foreground has skewed chairs and a salt shaker. To the left of the tables is a row of dark columns and more tables…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.7.25
A black-and-white photograph of a counter. The counter in the middle of the picture has a row of stools with no backs. On the counter are napkin holders, salt and pepper shakers and ashtrays. There are three jukeboxes along the counter with "5¢" at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.7.26
A black and white photograph of a meeting of senior officers of Atlanta Life Insurance Company. The photograph is of sixteen men, standing in two rows, posing in front of the Atlanta Life offices, a white building, large window, and a dark screen door. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.39
A black and white photograph of the senior officers of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company taken at the home of Norris B. Herndon, Atlanta, GA. The photograph is of six men seated around a small card table. Most of the men in the photograph are smoking.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.45
A black-and-white photograph of eight senior officers of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. Six men are standing behind two seated men. The top row from left to right includes: Eugene Martin, Gilbert DeLorme, Sr., Charles W. Greene, George W. Lee, Walter…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.49
Black-and-white gelatin silver print of the exterior of the Williams Building on the corner of Greenwood and Archer in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Rebuilt after the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, the building has [1922 / WILLIAMS BLDG] across the top of the facade. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.79.5
A black-and-white photograph of three people standing by a wooden flower trellis. The two women stand in front of the trellis and the man stands between them, behind the trellis. The women’s bodies are turned towards each other and the man’s body faces…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.54.4
A black and white photograph of W.H. "Chief" Aiken. The photograph is of two men, standing on steps outside a building. The man on the far left of the photograph is Aiken. He is wearing a dark toned, pinstriped, double breasted suit and tie with a white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.40
A sepia toned digital image of a white colored building with a sign above the door that reads “CLYDE WOODS: and “PHOTOGRAPHER.” Windows on both sides of the door have several portraits displayed. Written below the image is “1/2/9/72 PHOTOGRAPHER – N.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.67.32
Black and white photographic postcard depicting a woman standing beside a wooden chair. The chair is plain with a rounded backrest and a back made of wooden slats. The figure's proper right hand rests on the chair back and her gaze is fixed to the right of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.153.9
A black-and-white photograph postcard of a thriving barbershop in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, circa 1910. Captured in the midst of various grooming services, this rare portrait shows a small but full shop; men being shaved, one man having his shoes shined,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.10.12
A black-and-white photograph of Samuel M. Jackson, Eunice Jackson and fellow staff at the newly opened Jack's Memory Chapel at 639 E. Marshall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jackson stands at the proper left of the photograph, on the sidewalk in front of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.89
A black-and-white photograph that has been laminated of Samuel M. Jackson, Eunice Jackson and fellow staff at the newly opened Jack's Memory Chapel at 639 E. Marshall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jackson stands at the proper left of the photograph, on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.90
A black and white photograph of shoppers in the interior of Randy's Record Mart in Kingston, Jamaica. The image depicts the counter of the record shop, with shelves and racks of records on the wall behind the counter and customers in front of the counter.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.11
A black and white photograph of an unidentified man standing at the cashier's counter of a store. The man holds a twenty dollar bill and another unidentified bill in his hand. Behind the counter is another unidentified man who faces him. Beneath and on top…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.27
A black and white photograph of a soda jerk working in a soda shop. The man is pictured pouring soda into a cup. The soda shop has a Coca-Cola machine, advertisements for Nestles, and lists of ice creams and sodas. The bottom right corner has an…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.82
A black and white photograph of a group of people standing in front of a shoe shine stand. The group consists of four men and one woman. The man at center is very tall and holds his proper right arm above the man and woman to his left. An inscription in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.72
A black-and-white photograph of Eunice Jackson standing in front of Jack’s Memory Chapel, at 609 E. Marshall Place, with a black dog, Scrappy. Jackson is wearing a dark-colored, long-sleeved dress, and she is standing in front of the screen porch door.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.49
