A USS West Virginia Pearl Harbor Survivors hat with two pins worn by Ck2c George Francis Bland. 2024.46.1.1: The Lancaster Uniform Manufacturing Company men’s size 7 ½ garrison cap is primarily constructed from polyester and wool. The cap’s fabric is white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.46.1.1-.3
A pamphlet titled Utilities & Transportation. The pamphlet is one of eight found in a portfolio titled Soul City. The pamphlet is printed using green and black ink. It describes what utilities and transportation services are available for the community and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.109.13.4
A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo depicts the flooded Barnes railway station as seen from some height, possibly from a water tower.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.13.40
A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo shows the ruined track lines submerged near the Barnes railway station.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.13.44
This stereograph card depicts a family in front of a log house. In front of the house stands a man behind a mule-pulled plow. Two small children sit on the mule. A third child stands slightly behind the mule holding a farm implement. In front of the mule…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.248.4.30
A printed brochure advertising vacation rentals at Taylor's Playfair in Oak Bluffs, on Martha's Vineyard. The brochure is printed in green ink on cream-colored paper. The brochure contains the start and end dates of the summer season, lists activities in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.113
Valentino Mayowa Adedokun (born 14 February 2003) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Premier League club Brentford. Adedokun is a product of the Malahide United and Dundalk youth systems and began his senior career at the…
Valentine "Val" Cumberbatch (14 February 1911 – 23 January 1973) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played at representative level for England and Lancashire, and at club level for Barrow and Liverpool…
Val Irvine McCalla (3 October 1943 – 22 August 2002) was a Jamaican accountant and media entrepreneur who settled in Britain in 1959. He is best known as the founder of The Voice, a British weekly newspaper aimed at the Britain's black community, which he…
Valentina Sampaio (born 10 December 1996) is a Brazilian model and actress. She became Victoria's Secret's first openly transgender model in August 2019, and became the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue's first openly transgender model in 2020. In 2024,…
Valentine Howe Sr. (c. 1841–1904) was an African American builder and state legislator in North Carolina. He was elected in 1887 to the North Carolina House of Representatives, after defeating Alfred Moore Waddell. Hailing from a prominent family of…
Valerie Wilson Wesley (born November 22, 1947) is an American author of mysteries, adult-theme novels, and children's books, and a former executive editor of Essence magazine. She is the author of the Tamara Hayle mystery series. Her writings, both fiction…
Valmir Carlos da Assunção (born 17 December 1964) more commonly known as Valmir Assunção is a Brazilian politician and farmer. He has spent his political career representing his home state of Bahia, having served as state representative since 2011.
A digital art poster featuring an image of a panel from Brotherman comics. The panel depicts a man named Len and the Valor family standing behind a yellow car. Len is standing on the left and is wearing a brown hat, black jacket and grey turtleneck…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.116.6.2
Vanessa Olivia Ezenwa is an American ecologist, and is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Yale University. Her research considers the ecology of infectious diseases amongst animal populations. In 2020, she was selected by The Community of…
Vanessa McNeal-Atadoga (born August 3, 1993) is an American social activist, public speaker, and documentary filmmaker. She directed the documentary that features stories of five male survivors of sexual violence titled The Voiceless, and We Are Survivors,…
Vanessa Alexandra Mendoza Bustos (born 25 July 1981) better known as Vanessa Mendoza, is a Colombian politician, actress, fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Colombia 2001 being the first Afro-Colombian to win that title.
Vanessa Morgan Mziray (born March 23, 1992) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Beatrix "Bird" Castro in the MTV teen drama series Finding Carter, as Amanda Pierce in the Family teen comedy series The Latest Buzz, and as Sarah in the…
Vanilla Powell Beane (born Vanilla Powell; September 13, 1919 – October 23, 2022), known as "DC's Hat Lady", was an American milliner and businesswoman. One of her hats was displayed and is in the collection of the National Museum of African American…
