A silver metallic dress with ruffles designed by Peter Davy. The short sleeve sheath dress is made of synthetic lamé, it has a round neckline with self-fabric bias tape. A V shaped panel of silver metallic mesh is used at the center front of the dress,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.123
A silver metallic sequin dress designed by Peter Davy. The dress is made of light brown synthetic bobbinet and has a deep V neckline. A plastic zipper with a metal pull is sewn to the center font ending below the waist. The long sleeves end in three-inch…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.119
Simeon W. Beard was an American minister, teacher, and politician who worked in Charleston, South Carolina and then in Augusta, Georgia. He served in the Union Army. He was a delegate to Georgia's constitutional convention in 1867 and 1868. African…
Simi Sernaker, born Simantha Sernaker in 1979 and also known as Simi Stone, is an artist and the former frontwoman of the rock band Suffrajett. As Simi Stone, she is a singer, songwriter and musician. Stone was a member of The New Pornographers as…
Simon Green Atkins (June 11, 1863 – June 28, 1934) was a North Carolina educator who was the founder and first president of Winston-Salem State University (previously the Slater Industrial Academy) and founded the North Carolina Negro Teachers' Association…
A Singer model 66 sewing machine with a BZ 15-8 Singer motor from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The treadle sewing machine is coated with black paint and embellished with floral, tendril, and foliate designs. Painted across the top of the arm is the name of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.18.1
Rectangular light tan wooden table with tapered legs and an electric sewing machine. The legs have metal tips. The front side panel of the table has a grooved rectangular pattern with two drawer pulls attached to it. The proper left side panel has a hinge…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.27.1
A black Featherweight Portable 221 Singer sewing machine used by Yvonne DeVigne. The machine body is made of stainless steel, painted black with gold art deco style accents. There are also several unpainted sections of metal, including an elaborately…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.272.1.2
A Singer treadle sewing machine cabinet table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The cabinet table has a cast iron base that supports a wooden worktable with seven drawers. The base features a large cross brace at the back with casted iron text at the center…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.18.2.1
Bishop Singleton T. Jones (March 8, 1825 – April 18, 1891) was a religious leader in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AME Zion). Although he had little education, Jones taught himself to be an articulate orator and was awarded the position of…
Sippie Wallace (born Beulah Belle Thomas; November 1, 1898 – November 1, 1986) was an American blues singer, pianist and songwriter. Her early career in tent shows gained her the billing "The Texas Nightingale". Between 1923 and 1927, she recorded over 40…
Six different colors of thread in different fibers. A wooden spool with black cotton thread (.1) with blue and red stamped ink manufacturer's information that reads on one end, "THE GARDINER HALL JR. CO. / MANUFACTURERS / SIX CORD / WILLINGTON / CONN.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.68.1-.6
Five (5) yellow graphite pencils and one (1) red pencil found in 2010.6.33.1 from Mae's Millinery Shop. All are used and only two of the yellow pencils have erasers.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.33.3-.8
Sixteen (16) buttons of various sizes, colors, and materials, including two black buttons joined with a metal clip, and four gold and red buttons joined with thread.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.69.1-.12
Sixteen printed forms issued by the Department of Licenses and Inspections of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Mae Reeves for Mae's Millinery Shop. The forms are printed with typewriter ink, handwritten black ink, and blue date and time stamps.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.44.1-.17
Group of sixteen decorative artificial flowers of varying colors and sizes from Mae's Millinery Shop. Various individual silk and plastic flowers to be affixed to hats. Flowers range in size, style, color. One is a handmade rosette, likely made by Mae…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.59.1-.16
