A black and white photograph of Chris Lighty at home in New Jersey. The photograph is a close-up portrait of Lighty from the shoulders up. He is wearing a black jacket with a black tie. His hair is closely shaved and he is smiling slightly with his head…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.219
A black and white photograph of Chris Lighty at his home in New Jersey. Lighty is pictured from the knees up, in front of a banister. He is wearing a black zip-up turtleneck under a thigh-length black leather jacket. Both hands are behind him, resting on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.220
A black and white photograph of John Warren Ashmon, a cobbler, in a shoe shop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ashmon is featured standing behind a counter that has shoes on top of it. Shoes line racks in the background of the photograph. The bottom right hand…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.83
A black and white photograph of Crystal Barber Shop and Billiard Parlor owned by William "Woogie" Harris. The photograph features the building with two neon signs that read: [Crystal Barber Shop] / Manicuring] and [Crystal Billiard Parlor / Shoe Shine]. To…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.65
A color photograph of Custom Craft Studio owned by Robert Scurlock. The photograph depicts the exterior of the store from the street. The front of the store has a large oval shaped, black and white sign that reads: [Custom Craft / Studios]. Below that…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2014.306.3.12
A black-and-white photograph of the Jackson Funeral Home ambulance. The vehicle is parked in front of a two-story brick building, facing to the right. The ambulance is light colored, has two (2) doors and a hatch back, and has a spare tire attached above…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.3
Black-and-white photograph of Eugene Allen. Allen is standing off center in a suit and bow tie. He is standing behind a table, which is set with two (2) candlesticks and a silver tea service. The back wall has two (2) plaques. The photograph is signed by…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.5.2.1
A black and white photograph of the corner of Fullerton Street and Wylie Avenue in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The streets are lined with business including Kelly's Bar and Stanley's Tavern. In the center of the background, demolition of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.84
A black-and-white photograph of an older woman standing in front of the staircase leading into a brick building. She is wearing a dress with a patterned print and a pearl necklace. Behind her, at proper left, is a brick planter with ferns and other plants.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.120
A black-and-white photograph of Jack's Memory Chapel, located at 639 E. Marshall Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The business is in a front-gabled house that has one story in the front and two or more stories in the back. The building has brick porch posts,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.22
A black and white photograph of Johnny Gator's barbershop. The photograph features Pete Boyd and Johnny Gator cutting patrons' hair. In the foreground a young is seated in a barber's chair receiving a haircut from a man in a printed shirt. In the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.31
A black-and-white photograph of Lee Perry's Black Ark Studio, 1978, Kingston. The studio has cement walls. The walls are covered in photographs, illustrations, graffiti, and other small objects. Many of the photographs are signed or have handwritten notes…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.165.1-.2
A black and white photograph of Lyor Cohen, Andre Harrell, Percy Sutton, Jam Master Jay outside the Apollo Theater. The four are standing in front of a marquee. There is a neon sign that reads [APOLLO]. The lights are not on. Below, black letters were…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.170
A black and white photograph of Marley Marl seated at a piano at the offices of Cold Chillin' Records in New York City. Marl is pictured sitting sideways at a piano with his body and face turned towards the camera. His proper left hand is on the keyboard…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.292
A black-and-white photograph of a group of men at the State Funeral Directors and Embalmers Meeting held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There are two (2) rows of men standing and sitting in front of an automobile parked underneath a carport. The picture was taken in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.88
2015.132.4.1-.2: Two identical black-and-white inkjet photographs of Millie Small during a visit with Vincent "Randy" Chin at Randy's Records, in 1964, when her song "My Boy Lollipop" was a hit. The image depicts three individuals: Millie Small, Vincent…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.4.1-.2
A black-and-white photograph of two (2) women and one (1) man standing in front of a dark-colored, 4-door automobile. The woman at the proper left is wearing a wide-brimmed hat, large studded earrings, a corsage, a button-up jacket with loose fitting…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.2
Black-and-white photograph of Phil Freelon with a group of people. The group is standing in front of a wall that has text for [The Freelon Group / Architects] partially out of frame. Six (6) people are standing, smiling at the camera. Freelon is in the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2017.51.3.1.3.3
Black-and-white photograph of Philip Freelon. Freelon is sitting on the front porch stairs of his office. He is wearing a white shirt and tie with his hands clasped in front. There is a sign on the right side which reads [1312 / BROAD STREET / gail freeman…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2017.51.3.1.3.2
A black and white photograph of Robert Scurlock holding a camera. Scurlock has his proper right arm in the air holding a flash and he proper left hand holding the shutter release cable.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2014.306.5.3.2
A black and white photograph of Run-DMC with Russell Simmons. The four men are pictured in standing poses in front of a wall covered in graffiti. Jam Master Jay is on the far proper right side of the image. He stands with his arms crossed over his chest,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.222
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 is paper pasted to the back of the photograph with black…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.60.4
A black and white photograph of the Greenwood district in Tulsa, OK. Depicted are cars parked on a street, a horse, a carriage, people walking along shopfronts, and telephone poles. There are no marks or writing on the back.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.60.5
A black-and-white photograph of Elizah P. Williams, her brother Joseph Scipio Williams Sr., and Bettye Fuller standing in the yard in front of Jack’s Memory Chapel at 639 E. Marshall Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. All are wearing light-colored clothing, the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.47
