A badge for the 31st American Legion Annual National Convention owned by John Roland Anderson. The badge consists of a bronze tone name tag holding a short, silk ribbon that is attached to a light copper colored metal badge. The name tag is rectangular…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.17.1.3
A badge for the 36th American Legion Annual National Convention owned by John Roland Anderson. The badge consists of a gold tone bar holding a short, silk ribbon that is attached to a bronze colored badge. The gold tone bar is rectangular shaped with a pin…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.17.1.1
A tiered pin or badge, in gold metal. The first tier features an illustration of clasped hands,the forearms and hands of two males shaking hands, the second tier is a rectangular white placard with the name, "Alice Gause" handwritten in black ink. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2008.15.2
A badge from the National Convention of Madam C. J. Walker's Agents. The badge consists of a pendant and two ribbons hanging from a gold-colored metal bar. The bar at the top has a pin back, and the front features a smooth empty rectangular field with a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.153.2.1
A circular pin-back button with attached yellow ribbon celebrating the corner-stone laying of the First Masonic District Temple in Philadelphia. The circular button features a street level black-and-white image of a three story brick building with the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.71.7
A Prince Hall Masons Grand Master Conference badge worn by Cleo W. Wooten. The badge has a narrow rectangular metal nameplate at the top with a stamped geometric design on the border. There is a slip of paper which reads [[Cleo W. Wooten / C.C.F.C. Mass.]…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.71.3
A white circular button with an image of the Prince Hall Masonic Temple in Newark, New Jersey. The front of the badge features a street level black-and-white image of a four-story building at the center. Text printed in black and curving around the upper…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.71.6
A Victoria badminton racket from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The string area is mostly strung with a knot repair of two (2) broken strings near the throat. The wooden frame has blue painted detailing at the throat and at the bottom of the shaft above the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.47.2
Donor notes read: "Bafodia "Old Town"; a section of the "trench"; not a clear view; the old town had just been thoroughly burnt off making photography possible. Taken on a trip to visit Simon Ottenberg in Bafodia. April 26-27, 1980. The date on the slide…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1818
A cotton bag (2017.78.2a) containing a piece of brick (2017.78.2b) from Fort Sumter owned by Marquis Peterson. The bag is brownish white and has a braided drawstring at top. Hand written in black ink on the front of the bag is “THIS ROCK / WAS FROM / FT.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.78.2ab
This gray bag was used by Anna Mae Queen Holmes to store a travel hair care kit (2014.224.4.1-23). The rectangular bag is made from a gray canvas synthetic fabric. The top of the bag opens on three sides with a black metal zipper. There are pockets sewn on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.224.4
This is a rectangular light colored cotton bag with two sections. The single long pocket is divided in two by a piece of cotton, creating two pockets. There is a section of cloth that folds over the top of the bag, creating a flap. A string made of rolled…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.308.3
A red and black tour bag from the Jackson Five's 1972 U.K. tour. The square-shaped rust-colored vinyl bag has white text on the front which reads [The / Jackson / 5ive / U.K tour ‘72]. The “J” and the “5” have a heart shape at the end. The bag has a black…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.53.12
A small clear plastic bag of black checker pieces used by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Angola Prison. On one side of the bag in black ink is printed: [Made in China / Fabriqué en Chine]. The bag is unopened.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2018.36.1.13.3
A bag of plastic curtain rings from Rock Rest Tourist Home. Inside the clear bag are fourteen (14) solid white plastic rings. The bag holding the rings are sealed at the top with a textured white label. The white label has red bands across the top and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.4.2
A small clear plastic bag of red checker pieces used by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Angola Prison. On one side of the bag in black ink is printed: [Made in China / Fabriqué en Chine]. The bag is unopened.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2018.36.1.13.2
