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1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPromotional pamphlet for Soul City. The pamphlet is black with red letters and green banner across the bottom. The words [SOUL / CITY] are in red bubble letters. The rest of the cover reads [A NEW CITY/ DEVELOPED BY / FLOYD B. / McKISSICK ENTERPRISES,…
1974-1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA promotional pamphlet for Soul City, North Carolina, printed in brown ink on tan paper, with a stapled center binding. The cover features an image of a two story building with two smoke stacks or towers on the right and a tree on the left. The building…
1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA gelatin silver print portrait of Nina Simone. Simone is depicted from the chest up, wearing a white v-neck garment against a white background. She is quarter-profile, looking down and towards the left side of the image. She wears earrings and a necklace…
1974
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThese prop handcuffs are part of a costume worn by Nona Hendryx of Labelle. The costume consists of a headdress (.1), a cape (.2), silver studded black leather collar, breast covers, and codpiece (.3a-d), wrist cuffs (.4ab), platform boots (.5ab), prop…
2022
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe prop piano from the 2022 Broadway revival of August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson." Prop is in the style of an upright piano and features relief panels depicting faces and figures of the Charles family's ancestors on the upper front board, upper front…
1974
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis prop riding crop is part of a costume worn by Nona Hendryx of Labelle. The costume consists of a headdress (.1), a cape (.2), silver studded black leather collar, breast covers, and codpiece (.3a-d), wrist cuffs (.4ab), platform boots (.5ab), prop…
1985
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA prop oil painting depicting a wedding portrait of a man and a woman, Earle Hyman and Clarice Taylor as The Cosby Show characters Russell and Anna Huxtable. Shown from the waist up, they stand side by side. Hyman wears an olive green military uniform and…
1925
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGGelatin silver print full-length portrait of Prophet Noble Drew Ali, founder of the Moorish Science Temple of America. Against a studio landscape backdrop, Ali stands looking straight at the camera, his proper right hand held flat against the center of his…
after 1966
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA solid fiberglass prosthetic left leg (including below knee, calf, ankle), and foot. The leg, or laminated frame, is a light brown, with a calf-high black sock taped up around the calf with black tape. The top of the leg, or frame, is cut to fit around…
1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "Protestant Church in Mabonto. Note the Royal Palm. Taken Oct. 1978 at P.C. Agriculture Training at Mabonto. The date on the slide is JAN 79.".
2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA framed color pigment print on German etching paper titled “Prototype/Phenotype” by Ayana V. Jackson. The photograph is two self-portraits of Jackson who is portraying her great-grandmother. The two portraits are seamlessly placed side-by-side. The left…
1955
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Provincetown Business Papers (f. 1 of 3)”.
1955
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Provincetown Business Papers (f. 2 of 3)”.
1955
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Provincetown Business Papers (f. 3 of 3)”.
circa 1910
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted text on verso reads: "Provincia de Moçambique.".
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA decorative print reading "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. Psalms 23:1" in black ink with a colored vine illustration on an orange background.
ca.1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white Public Enemy necklace. The necklace is made up of a circular medallion with a black cord. The front of medallion has a design of a target over the silhouette of a man. The medallion appears to be made of cardboard covered in a white faux…
n.d.
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Public Enemy Home Video” (Text).
[ca. 1910]
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOrginal caption reads, "Public washing place, Elegbata, Lagos." Printed caption on verso reads, " 'Copyright, Moyea Series.' No.5B.".
2010; printed 2021
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a color archival pigment print from a digital file. The photograph depicts a close-up of a woman from the shoulders up with a blurred, dark background during the Puerto Rican Day parade. Her hair is slicked back, and the Puerto Rican flag is draped…
20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA high backed chair with armrests. The chair has a dark wood finish. Two simple finials are at the top of the chair's back on either side. At the top of the chair back is a carved grapevine with two bunches of grapes. The chair back has a rectangular,…
20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wood pulpit chair with a dark finish. The chair has four legs with the rear legs extending the full height of the seat back. The front legs are turned with varying geometric shapes and are topped with the seat. Connecting the front legs to the back legs…
20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wood pulpit chair with a dark finish. The chair has four legs with the rear legs extending the full height of the seat back. The front legs are turned with varying geometric shapes and are topped with the seat. Connecting the front legs to the back legs…
20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA high backed chair with armrests. The chair has a dark wood finish. Two simple finials are at the top of the chair back on either side. At the top of the chair back is a carved grapevine with two bunches of grapes. The chair back has rectangular, padded…
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