A black-and-white photograph of two lines of women and men performing in front of an altar. One line is facing the right side of the photograph while the other is facing the left side. They are all performing the same move. Their knees are slightly bent,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.141.10
Photograph in mat and frame of [The Sub-Committee of Management and Counsel of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (1907-1908)]. The photograph features five man standing in back and five men seated in front with their hands in their laps. From the label…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.59.1
A color photograph of a suburban street. A large, two-story cream colored house is at center, partially surrounded by trees. Around the corner from the house, at proper left and partially out of frame, a black car is parked on the street in front of a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.55.1
A color photograph of a woman reading a magazine. The woman is on top of a bed, lying on and next to several decorative pillows, reading a Business Week magazine. There is a brass lamp on the bedside table next to the bed. There is a cell phone on top of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.55.2
A color photograph of an entryway to a home. At center is the home's central staircase with wood banisters. Hanging from the newel post at the foot of the stairs is a small hot pink purse with a gold chain handle, and sitting on the hardwood floor in front…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.55.7
A color photograph of a kitchen in a house. At center of the photograph is a kitchen island. On the island is a glass vase with peach colored roses. Behind the vase, more roses are lying on the countertop, as if waiting to be placed in the vase. At center,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.55.5
A color photograph of a closet in a house. Coats, jackets and uniforms hang on a wire rack. At center are two (2) Army jackets with shoulder insignia for the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, insignia for Sergeant First Class, and eight (8)…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.55.6
A color photograph of a white-carpeted library in a home. Across the entire back wall of the room are built-in wood bookshelves with an assortment of books arranged on the shelves, as well as other objects including a small round vase at top, a mask on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.55.9
A color photograph of a bedroom. At center of the photograph is a wardrobe with chest of drawers. On top of the chest of drawers is a framed portrait photograph of a woman. At proper right is a chair covered with a white slipcover or sheet, with two (2)…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.55.3
A color photograph of a kitchen counter with an assortment of items. At proper left is a white plastic drying rack with two (2) white glasses with a silhouette design and a plate with a blue patterned border. Behind the drying rack, on the window ledge,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.55.8
A color photograph of a sitting room. At proper left is a carved marbletop coffee table with a selection of magazines arranged across its long end, all featuring President Obama or the Obama family on the cover. On the table behind the magazines is a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.55.10
A color photograph of the interior of a modern house. At proper left is a staircase thatleads down to a landing on which there are two (2) child's toy trucks and a pair of pink fuzzy slippers. On the first stair is a doll's head with hair that can be…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.55.4
A promotional proof booklet for the upcoming publication "The Sweet Breath of Life: A Poetic Narrative of the African-American Family," a collaborative work by Ntozake Shange and Kamoinge photographers. The cover features a nearly full-page photograph of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.131.2.1
This black-and-white photograph depicts three men and a boy posing for the camera. The left hand figure is middle aged man wearing sunglasses and a mustache. He rests his right hand on the shoulder of a young boy wearing glasses standing in front of him.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.24
Donor notes read: "The Town Chief of Matapi with his family at their farm hut; notice the tripod for smoking meat. Taken Oct.- Nov. 1978 during P.C. Agriculture Training at Mabonto. The date on the slide is FEB 79.".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1318
This is a color archival pigment print from a digital file. The photograph depicts twins posing on the street from the waist up during the Hispanic Heritage Day parade in New York City. The sisters are standing with their inner arms around each other, and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.63.11
This is a brown hardcover book with several engraved details. The front cover has double line impressions which follow the edges; in the center of the front cover is a line of engraved bold text which reads [U.G.R.R.]. On the spine of the book is a pattern…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.273.19
A black-and-white photograph of Samuel Malone Jackson, Sr., as a young man, standing next to a dark-colored, 4-door automobile. Jackson is wearing a dark-colored suit, light-colored shirt and a bowtie. His left foot rests on the running board of the car,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.1
The October 1792 issue of The Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine containing a published letter from Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson and Jefferson’s response. The magazine is printed in black ink on off-white paper and has a saddle-stitched…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.49.1
This black and white photograph depicts a large mural painted on the side of a two story building. The mural is broken into six segments, three across the top, and three across the bottom. Each section features various figures engaged in sports, music, and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.23
A black-and-white photograph of two African American girls seated at a table with their hands together in prayer, and at the right side of the image the hands of a standing nun are also together in prayer. In the background another three African American…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.24.32
An ankle-length purple microfiber cotton and lamé cape worn by Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic during the 1996 "Mothership Reconnection Tour." The exterior of the cape features a swirling design of glittering purple, silver, and gold lamé. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.43.1
