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1950s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDark blue elasticized short sleeve shirt on which yellow lettering has been sewn reading [WAYNE / 14]. Bands of gold and blue run down both shoulders from neck to end of sleeves. Gold and blue trim around sleeve openings. On reverse, gold [14] sewn on…
1978-1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Chicago Hustle home jersey owned by Elizabeth Galloway McQuitter. The jersey is white with red and light blue stripes along the seams and and a white collar. The front has light blue appliqué letters with a red border on the front reading [Hustle / 31].…
1978-1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pair of Chicago Hustle shorts owned by Elizabeth Galloway McQuitter. The shorts are white with red and blue stripes along the seams and hem. The shorts have an elastic waistband. The Chicago Hustle logo is on the front of the left leg. The logo depicts a…
1996
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA basketball (2017.29.4a) and its wooden base (2017.29.4b) signed by Lusia Harris and other members of the 1976 United States Women's Olympic basketball team. The Rawlings ball (a) is half red synthetic leather and a half white smooth surface. The…
1992
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Spalding basketball signed by Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson, co-captains of the U.S. "Dream Team" that won the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
ca. 1967
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn ABA game-used red, white and blue basketball manufactured by Rawlings. On one of the white sections is printed in black [AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION / ABA / Jack Dolph COMMISSIONER]. On the red section above is printed [Rawlings / RSS / Official].
1930-1939
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDenkert basketball, model BB77. The ball is light brown in color, has six panels with stitched ribs, and rawhide dark laces threaded through eighteen (18) holes at the top of the ball. The laces and top seam are outlined in stiches made with light-colored…
1972-10
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Basketry in Hammersly Collection.".
1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Baskets and basket weaving materials in a courtyard, Djenné, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).
1967
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Baskets and pots outside of Dogon granaries in Sanga, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).
1966-1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Baskets in the Dogon-style at a market in Mopti, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).
October 1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Baskets piled in front of the entrance of Kermel Craft Market, Dakar, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).
1994 August 6
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Baskets, Stone town, Zanzibar” (Slides (photographs)).
1974
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Basotho women processing grain, Southeast of Roma, Lesotho” (Color slides).
ca. 1930
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA bass drum with wood body and animal hide drumhead. Printed txt on the drumhead reads, [25TH INFANTRY / BAND]. The drum has seven metal tension rods along the sides.
1950s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBass Drum with "Panama Francis" on the front head. Iridescent white shell that resembles mother-of-pearl. Manufactured by the WFL Drum Company. Small metal plaque on drum shell with a round hole in the center has lettering that reads [WFL / DRUM CO / 1728…
1980s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Peavey T-40 bass guitar (2012.53.1a) and case (2012.53.1b) used by Norwood Fisher, the vocalist and bass guitarist of the American alternative rock band, Fishbone. The guitar has a serial number: [00377681].
1976-1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG2015.212a: An electric bass guitar used by Robert “Kool” Bell of Kool and the Gang. The bass guitar is made of light colored wood and has brass tuning pegs. It has two pickups in black. The strings are attached to an oval shaped metal tailpiece with four…
1838–1910
Born enslaved, Reeves became one of the most effective lawmen of the American frontier, working for over three decades in Indian Territory.
1959
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Bassa girls, with body painting, coming out of the bush period during their initiation rites, 20 miles north of Monrovia, Liberia”.
ca. 1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal caption reads, "Basuto Policeman.".
ca. 1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal caption reads, "BASUTOLAND(Afrique Du Sud) - Bénédiction du Séminaire" On verso, "MISSIONAIRES DES R R P. P. OBLATS DE MARIE-IMMACULÉE AU BASUTOLAND - Afrique du Sud. Petites Annales de Marie-Immaculée. 75, Rue de I'Assomption. - Paris.".
circa 1981-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Bat Chart” (Slides (photographs)).
Loading image…1877–1947
Bata Kindai Amgoza ibn LoBagola (1877–1947) was an early 20th-century American impostor and entertainer who presented an exoticized identity as a native of Africa, when in reality he was born Joseph Howard Lee in Baltimore, Maryland. Despite an…
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