A2015.273.1.19.2a: A Tiffany & Co. box for a letter opener owned by Cab Calloway. The box is constructed from cardboard and is an elongated rectangular shape. It has a lid (b) and a box base (a). Both the lid and the base are light blue in color. The base…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2015.273.1.19.2ab
Box containing two (2) decks of Gaylord monogrammed playing cards owned by Mary Church Terrell. The box (.2ab) is red with white detailing. The top of the lid (a) has a white double border with [gaylord] in the center. Inside the box are two (2) decks of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2017.13.1.8.2ab
A thin cardboard "Darkie" brand toothpaste box. Both the front and back of the box feature a black and white illustration of a caricature of a wide-eyed, smiling man wearing a top hat, white shirt, black jacket and a bow tie. The white and black text above…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.7.172.1
A thin cardboard "Darkie" brand toothpaste box, with writing printed in English and Thai. Both the front and back of the box feature a black and white illustration of a caricature of a wide-eyed, smiling man wearing a top hat, white shirt, black jacket and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.7.463.1
This is the packaging box for a pack of Kennebec Spruce Gum. The box consists of rectangular brown cardboard with green text and a red logo of a Native American figure. Text is written on all four sides that state, [Kennebec / Spruce Gum / Made of gum…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.111.14
A metal box grater. The grater is tubed shape and is constructed from two (2) pieces of sheet metal, a flat back and a curved front. The curved front has been punched in concentric circles forming the grater blade and the back is flat with a hole to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.74
Box used by Mary Church Terrell to hold the Cross of Malta award (A2017.13.1.15.1) from the Philadelphia Cotillion Society. The oval box is covered in light brown textured fabric. The interior is tan and white with the silk lining heavily deteriorated and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2017.13.1.15.2ab
Box housing a pair of cuff links from a White House butler uniform worn by Eugene Allen. The grey textured box is blank. There is an insert inside the box with a central slit opening to secure cuff links.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.5.1.12.2
A Milton Bradley box of black and white wooden chess pieces with game instructions. 2011.12.51a: Thirty-two (32) Milton Bradley chessmen: sixteen (16) carved, wooden, black pieces and sixteen (16) carved, wooden, natural wood colored pieces. 2011.12.51b: A…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.51.2abc
A full set of Pressman Toy dominoes in the original box used by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Angola Prison. The cardboard box cover features bold white font against a red background, and a half-circle image of white-dotted black dominoes against a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2018.36.1.14
