A black and white photographic print depicting Octavia St. Laurent and Danielle Revlon, two competitors in the Femme Queen Realness category at the Revlon Ball in Manhattan, NY in 1997. Both Octavia and Danielle are posing leaning on a circular table in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.71.16
Octavia St. Laurent Mizrahi (March 16, 1964 – May 17, 2009) was an American model and AIDS educator who was active in New York City's Black and Latino ballroom community and Harlem's luxurious balls. She came to public attention after being featured in the…
Octavius Valentine Catto (February 22, 1839 – October 10, 1871) was an American educator, intellectual, and civil rights activist. He became principal of male students at the Institute for Colored Youth, where he had also been educated. Born free in…
A signed hardcover edition of Ode to My Parents(??? ???) - My Life and My Faith, written by former minister of finance of South Korea, YongMan Rhee, and inscribed to General Colin L. Powell. The book features a hardback cover in light brown with embossing…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.53
Odin Ohray Bailey (born 8 December 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for EFL Championship club Portsmouth. He has represented England at under-16 level.
Off-white blouse with balloon sleeves and neck tie designed by Arthur McGee. The blouse is made from a thin off-white synthetic fabric with supplementary threads creating a striped design. The shirt is made from only two (2) pieces of fabric, seamed down…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.54
Off-white blouse with balloon sleeves and neck tie designed by Arthur McGee. The blouse is made from a thin off-white synthetic fabric with supplementary threads creating a striped design. The shirt is made from only two (2) pieces of fabric, seamed down…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.55
A pair of off-white men's oxford shoes worn by Cab Calloway. The uppers are made from off-white leather with a plain oxford vamp and closed lacing. The soles of the shoes are brown leather with a stacked heel. Off-white cotton shoelaces with metal aglets…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.237.1ab
One (1) U.S. Army 32nd Infantry Officer insignia pin worn by Lt. Col. Colin L. Powell. This gold metal insignia is of two crossed long rifles with the “32” for the Infantry at the top. On the reverse of the pin are two backings and maker’s engravings that…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.84
Officer's cap device used by Ensign Cassin Craig. The black hat band has a black oval shape in the center of the band. It features a gold and silver colored metal Officer’s cap device. The device depicts an eagle with its wings splayed. It is perched on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.113.5.2
Officer's chin strap used by Ensign Cassin Craig. The thick gold-colored chin strap has two metal rings, one on either end. Each end of the strap has a pointed tip. The strap has a striped pattern. There are two loops, one on either side of the strap.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.113.5.4
Officer's cuff links worn by Ensign Cassin Craig. The two silver-colored metal oval cuff links feature the Officer’s Device on the front. It depicts an eagle on top of a shield with stars and stripes. There are two crossed anchors behind the eagle and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.113.6.11-.12
Officer's Garrison cap worn by Ensign Cassin Craig. The navy blue cap is longer than it is wide. There is a silver-colored metal Officer’s Cap Device pinned to one side. It depicts an eagle on top of a shield with stars and stripes. There are two crossed…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.113.3.7
Officer's grey service cap cover used by Ensign Cassin Craig. The cap cover is circular and has a smooth, flat top. The underside of the cap has an unstructured cylindrical shape in the center. It lays flat when not stretched over a cap. The inside of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.113.3.5
Officer's navy blue service cap cover used by Ensign Cassin Craig. The cap cover is circular and has a smooth, flat top. The underside of the cap has an unstructured cylindrical shape in the center. It lays flat when not stretched over a cap. The inside of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.113.3.6
Officer's White Service Cap with visor worn by Ensign Cassin Craig. The off-white fabric hat has a black visor in the front of the hat. The hat does not have a band, buttons, chin straps, or metal decoration. There are two buttonholes, one on either side…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.113.3.2
Officer's White Service Cap worn by Ensign Cassin Craig. The off-white fabric hat has a black band around the bottom. In the center if the front of the hat there is a silver-colored metal eagle in front of a black background. The eagle is standing on top…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.113.3.1
Oguchialu Chijioke Onyewu (born May 13, 1982) is an American former soccer player who is the Vice President of Sporting for the United States Soccer Federation. He was previously the sporting director for Orlando City B and secretary-general of R.E.…
An Ohio State Buckeyes football helmet worn by Archie Griffin. The hard plastic helmet is gray with black, white, and red lines running vertically from the front to the back in the middle of the helmet. There are holes throughout the surface of the helmet.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.30.2
A clear glass oil lamp base from the Jones-Hall-Sims House. The body, or font, of the lamp is a lozenge shape, smooth with one (1) horizontal ridge line around the top. The font connects to a thick lamp stem with a vertical rib pattern that widens into a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.25.5
