A coiled sweetgrass basket made by Mary A. Jackson. The large shallow basket is oval in shape with a flat bottom and a wide rim that extends over the top of the basket to make it slightly enclosed. The basket features different striations of color made by…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.82.2
A Maryland High School Diploma awarded to Sarah Elizabeth Wright by Wicomico County, Maryland. There is an embossed seal stamped at bottom center. There are five veritcal creases at regular intervals along the diploma where it was folded.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.29.19
A double photograph of Dr. Arthur M. Townsend carrying a briefcase and wearing a hat, suit, and tie as he walks down a sidewalk. On the back, the date 10/10/34 written twice in pen; a stamp for Newsflash, Inc.; the number 275676 in pencil. When it arrived,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.69.2
Ecleidira Maria Fonseca Paes (born 30 June 1968), known professionally as Dira Paes, is a Brazilian actress and television presenter. Among the numerous awards and nominations she has received, Paes won the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress at the…
Oludiran "Diran" Adebayo FRSL (born 30 August 1968) is a British novelist, cultural critic and academic best known for his 1996 novel Some Kind of Black.
Colonies Françaises; GUINÉE -- Direction du Chemin de Fer à Conakry; CARTE POSTALE; La correspondance au recto n'est pas acceptée par tous les pays étrangers[,] (Se renseigner à la Poste); Partie réservée à la correspondance; Adresse du Destinataire.…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0936
Black canvas director's chair back. One side features a white graphic of a top hat, gloves, and cane with the text [HARLEM / NIGHTS]. White text centered on the other side reads [Bernadine Anderson / MAKE-UP ARTIST]. The rectangular canvas is sewn into a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.15.2
A director’s chair owned by Cab Calloway. The folding chair is constructed with a folding wooden frame and a canvas seat and back cover. The frame itself is light colored wood with silver toned, metal braces, hinges, and other hardware. The legs are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2015.273.1.7
An American Stock Exchange (AMEX) visor worn by Melvin Van Peebles while directing. The 3” visor brim is made from cream colored cotton on the top side and green cotton fabric on the underside, with a layer of stiff plastic in between. A panel of 3.25”…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.60.20
Julien Christian Lutz (born October 31, 1975), known professionally as Director X, is a Canadian music video director. Having trained under Hype Williams, Lutz has been credited for directing over a hundred music videos spanning various genres since 1998,…
Cataloged as “Directory of African American Architects...by the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio” (Text).
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.23_ref35
Diriye Osman (Somali: Diriyeh Cismaan, Arabic: ديري عثمان) (born in 1983) is a British-Somali author, visual artist, critic and essayist. His books include the award-winning collection of stories, Fairytales For Lost Children, and the collection of…
Dirty Bastards!? - Santa Monica, California, 1960's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 106. A black-and-white photograph of four African American children playing in the street. On the wall behind them, racist graffiti.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.74.90
A 16mm release print of the feature film Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. It consists of two reels of positive 16mm acetate film (a) and (b), is in black and white and contains variable-area, optical-sound. The film tells the story of Gertie LaRue, a Harlem…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.167.6.1ab
A color half-tone print depicting three children watching a man place a watermelon in a root cellar. This stereo card consists of two identical side by side images. In the daytime outdoors, a man wearing a bright colored hat, long sleeve shirt, dark vest…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.3.1
A disco ball, also known as a mirror ball, used for hip-hop parties thrown by DJ Kool Herc and his sister Cindy Campbell in the rec-room of their Bronx apartment complex at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. The 14-inch disco ball has hundreds of square-shaped mirrors…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.73.3
