An advertising card for a performance by the Cleveland Colored Quintet with Mrs. Lacy in Detroit, Michigan. The card has a photo of the music group along the top left. The five (5) men are photographed from the chest up in a line and all wear suit jackets…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.63.102.12
An advertisement card for Club 845's Gala Holiday Revue. The card is printed on white paper with scalloped edges. At the top of the card is the text, [THE HENRY LETANG DANCERS / Laurie, Blanche, Serena, Birdie, Shirley & Selma]. Below is a black-and-white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.263
An advertising card with a schedule for Lenten Services at the Plymouth Congregational Church in Detroit, Michigan. The front of the card features two portraits; on the left is Rev. H.M. Kingsley and on the right is Rev. R. W. Brooks. Between the portraits…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.63.102.9
An advertising card for Rev. F. M. J. Mashaw of the C. M. E. Church. The card has a black-and-white photograph of Mashaw at the center. He wears a dark jacket and bowtie with a white shirt that has a standing collar. His name and church affiliation are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.63.102.28
An advertising card for the Down Home Quartette of Mexico, Missouri. The poster features a photo of the group. The five men are dressed similarly, with dark jackets, bowties, and handkerchiefs in their breast pockets. The front three men are seated, with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.63.102.2
An advertisement for the Fashion Publicity Company clipped from The Ladies' Home Journal for September, 1919. The advertisement features a color illustration of a caricatured Pullman porter figure bringing shoes to a woman in a green train car. The porter…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.63.63.41
Cataloged as “Advertisement for exhibition, printed on cardboard. [Home Land Photographs by David Goldblatt Opening 6:00 pm Sunday 29 March – Talk 6:00 pm. Wednesday 15 April – Close 11:00 pm Saturday 26 April The Photo Gallery at the Market] Taped to…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item 1268
A white advertising card for The Cathrell Printing Company. The card is bordered with a thin black line. On the left side is a small rectangle containing a black-and-white cut-out image of two (2) small girls. The children wear white rompers and stand on a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.91.1
A white advertising card for The Cathrell Printing Company. The card is bordered with a thin black line. On the left side is a small rectangle containing a black-and-white cut-out image of two (2) small girls. The children wear white rompers and stand on a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.91.2
An advertisement card for the Fleet St. A.M.E. Zion Church in Brooklyn, New York. The card features a large black-and-white drawing of the front of the church surrounded by a thin black border. Information about the church is printed below the picture. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.63.102.17
Aerion Andrew Abney is an American politician who has served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, he represents the 19th district, which contains parts of Pittsburgh. Before his election to the state…
Aesop Goodson was a state legislator and judge in South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He was removed from his position as a trial justice by the governor and alleged it was because he treated people fairly without…
Afeni Shakur Davis (born Alice Faye Williams; January 10, 1947 – May 2, 2016) was an American political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. She was the mother of the legendary rapper Tupac Shakur and the executor of his estate. She founded the…
A sworn affidavit of Henry Pier, affirming Benjamin Davis as a free man. The document was issued by the City and County of New York. It bears the signature of Peter Mesier and the mark of Henry Pier. The print is black ink on off-white paper. Standard…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.5.3
A sworn affidavit of Henry Wenshell affirming that Peter Garretson is a free man. Document was issued by the City and County of New York. It bears the signature of Peter Mesier and mark of Henry Wenshell. There is black ink on the off-white paper. Standard…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.5.2
A quilted burgundy colored velvet cropped Afghan vest with applied decorations worn by Jimi Hendrix. The vest is heavily decorated with Afghani motifs, has no buttons or closure, and is fully lined with dark gray cotton. The applied decorations are made of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.97.2
A softcover copy of Africa Disturbed by Emory and Myrta Ross. The softcover book has an adhesive binding with six sections stitched together. The front cover is dominated by an illustration of a man's face. His head is partially turned towards the left…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.52.12
A CBS program produced by Bergen Community College titled African American Women in Suburbia. It consists of a single white DVD with the program title, date and college logo printed on it. Moderated by Professor Maureen Ellis Davis, the program features a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.90.1.1a
