Pepper LaBeija (November 5, 1948 – May 14, 2003) was an American drag queen and fashion designer. She was known as "the last remaining queen of the Harlem drag balls".
A single sheet pre-printed contract by the American Federation of Musicians for a week of performances by Fletcher Henderson at the Hollywood Cotton Club in March 1949. The details of the contract have been typed into the form in black ink, with additions…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.57.36.1
A clear glass perfume bottle (a) and gold metal lid (b) with an oval paper label adhered to the front of the oval bottle. The label is pink with cream and gold text reading "FAME / Spray Cologne / CORDAY / 2.25 OZ. NET WT. / BLENDED IN USA WITH DOMESTIC…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.108ab
A clear glass perfume bottle (a) and gold colored metal lid (b). The bottle is bulbous in shape, made from glass molded in a design of hash marks. The top of the bottle has a push spray mechanism protruding from a gold colored metal top. The lid of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.109ab
This is a glass perfume bottle (a) and stopper (b). The clear glass bottle (a) is diamond shaped. It has a short slender round neck that leads to a sloping diamond-shaped shoulder with vertical ridges in the glass. The body of the bottle then divides into…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.8ab
A clear glass perfume bottle with a lavender-colored stopper in the shape of a dove. The bottom is clear glass shaped with concave rounded panels molded into the glass. A manufacturer's label is adhered to the bottom of the bottle noting the perfume name…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.107
A clear glass cylindrical perfume bottle (a) with a gold toned metal base and a gold strip painted around the top. The bottle has a glass screw top lid (b). A second, larger gold toned metal lid (c) with a crest engraved on the top was found with the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.110abc
A black-and-white photograph of Pernell Lee. He is wearing a leather jacket over a sweater and glasses. Kitchen cabinets and a sink can be seen in the background. The print is inscribed on the back.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.41.18
A black-and-white photograph of Pernell Lee holding a black-and-white portrait photograph of himself taken at the Scurlock Studio of Washington, DC sometime in the 1950s. Parnell was a student at Howard University at the time the photograph he is holding…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.41.41
Pernessa C. Seele (born October 15, 1954) is an American immunologist and interfaith public health activist. Seele is the CEO and founder of Balm in Gilead, Inc., a religious-based organization that provides support to people with AIDS and their families,…
The "Personal Reports," November–December 1866, are arranged chronologically. They consist of notifications sent to the Assistant Commissioner by officers and agents informing him that they were on duty.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M979, File 2.5.4
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