A black-and-white photograph, Untitled (Abbey Lincoln singing at an AJASS event, Harlem), by Kwame Brathwaite. Lincoln is depicted standing at center and is shown from the knees up. She is standing behind a microphone mounted on a microphone stand. Her…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.26.10
Black and white image of two (2) women standing in a doorway. The woman on the left, Mary Coley, wears a lighter colored dress with white collar and cuffs. The sleeves of her dress meet at the elbow. Coley has two pockets in the front of her dress at hip…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.1.17
Black and white image of two (2) women standing in a doorway. The woman on the left ears a lighter colored dress with white collar and cuffs. The sleeves of her dress meet at the elbow. She has two (2) pockets in the front of her dress at hip level. She…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.1.41
A black-and-white photograph of Mary Coley. She is featured from the chest up. She sits, with her body facing the left of the image and her proper left shoulder facing the camera. On the wall behind Coley, there are numerous frames filled with photographs…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.1.21
Black and white image of several rows of women seated, all wearing midwife uniforms. In the foreground are three (3) women in the first row of the image. The woman on the far left wears a light-colored, short-sleeved dress with a light-colored cap. She is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.1.29
Black and white image of three (3) adults and one (1) child. On the left half of the image, Martha Sapp holds a child. She is standing with her eyes closed and her proper right hand covering the head of the baby resting on her shoulders. She wears a dark…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.1.32
Black and white image of a table covered in newspapers with various tools assisting with the birth of a child. On the left side of the table are two (2) sets of fabrics or cloths. In the middle column, on the lower row, are a small glass bottle, syringe,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.1.36
A black-and-white image of a Martha Sapp laying in bed with a child next to her. The child wears a white dress and holds a stuffed animal in her lap. She is leaning against a pillow and the backboard of the bed. Sapp smiles at the child and wears a striped…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.1.4
Black and white image of Martha Sapp holding a baby, both lying in bed. Sapp lays in a bed, covered in blankets and sheets, smiling, open-mouthed. Her proper right hand holds the proper left hand of her child. Her head rest on a pillow. She and the baby…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.1.19
Black and white image of a Martha Sapp giving birth. Sapp is lying on a bed covered with a patterned fabric. On the right side of the image is Mary Coley holding Sapp's legs at the ankles, a baby's head emerging from Sapp. Guiding the baby out is Mary…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.1.8
Black and white image of Mary Coley with eyes closed, resting on a rocking chair. She is seen in a carpeted room with furniture. The carpet is a stylized foliage pattern with leaves on a dark background. The furniture in the room takes up the right half of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.1.34
A color photograph of Charles Madison of Warrenton, Virginia standing in front of Madison's Barber Shop. He wears a suit, tie, and hat. The shop has a barber pole in front, and one of the double doors is open to the street revealing the red and white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.147.4
Black and white image of children playing on the front stoop of a house. The image is taken through a front window of a house looking out to the yard and street. Two (2) girls and one (1) boy play on the steps of the house. One of the girls and the boy…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.1.13
This painting depicts five women walking in a line down a path away from a church. The two women in front wear yellow dresses, the third wears a red dress, the fourth wears a purple dress, and the last wears a light green dress. They proceed down a hill…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.68.6
Black and white image of two (2) women in the foreground and three (3) women and one (1) child in the background. In the foreground, two (2) women are seated talking with each other. The woman on the left, Mary Coley, wears a white and dark striped dress…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.1.31
Black and white image of Mary Coley and Martha Sapp. Coley, on the left half of the image, wears a white nurses' cap and light-colored dress. She is pursing her lips and looks down at Sapp laying in bed. Her proper left hand is lifted above the waist and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.1.11
A sepia toned photograph of a couple embracing. There is a man on the proper right side. He is wearing a puffy jacket and a fuzzy black hat with a small brim. He has a mustache and his arms are wrapped around the woman's waist. He has bracelets on his…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.400
This painting depicts three pairs of people facing each other holding hands. On the left is a pair of women, one wearing a yellow dress, the other in a light green dress. The couple in the middle shows a woman in a red dress and a man in a yellow shirt and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.68.9
A black and white photograph of a girl. Her face is in profile, and the proper right side is towards the camera. The overall image is very dark. Not many details can be made out. Her hair is in a few different size braids and is curly in the front. She is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.398
A photograpic portrait of a girl wearing large earrings. The photograph has an overall blue tint with reddish-orange highlights and the earrings are a bright gold tint. The portrait is a close up of the girl's face and hair. She wears a large, square,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.399
A black-and-white photograph, Untitled (Earrings display at African Market, Harlem), by Kwame Brathwaite. The photograph depicts a woman reaching for a pair of earrings hanging from a line strung across a market booth. The woman, depicted from the waist…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.26.12
Black and white image of Martha Sapp and a baby lying in bed, while a man and another child stand near them. Sapp lays in bed, covered with a geometric patterned quilt and blankets. The quilt and blankets take up the bottom half of the image. Sapp's face…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.1.20
Black and white image of a woman and baby lying in bed, over seen by a man and another child. The woman lays in bed, covered with a geometric patterned quilt and blankets. The quilt and blankets take up the bottom half of the image. The woman's face and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.1.37
