A letter (a) and business contract (b) between Club Harlem and the musical group the Delltones obligating the musicians to perform at the club for two (2) consecutive days starting March 31, 1956 for one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125.00) paid…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.145.4.2ab
A business contract between Club Harlem and Flash Gordon booking the exotic dancer to perform at the club starting February 20, 1956 for seven (7) days for one hundred dollars ($100.00) to be paid weekly. In the contract, Gordon also agrees to an option of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.145.4.3
A business contract between Club Harlem and Johnny Lynch obligating the musician to perform at the club for thirteen (13) weeks starting December 7, 1955 for four hundred and forty-one dollars and sixty-five cents ($441.65) to be paid at the end of each…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.145.4.1
A hardcover Standard Blank Book No. 66, with the word "JOURNAL" printed across the front cover at an angle. The book's cover is a light tan color, with a simple scrolled, printed trim in grey on the front cover, back cover, and spine. At the bottom of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.209.2
This bronze portrait bust depicts Frank McWorter, formerly enslaved American and founder of New Philadelphia, Illinois. Shown from the chest up, the bust is mounted on a black stone rectangular base with the front protruding slightly at an angle. Frank…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.144
James "Buster" Brown (1913–2002) was an American tap dancer active from the 1930's to 2000. Brown started his career in African-American dance circuits while still in high school and went on to perform internationally, accompanying acts like Duke Ellington…
An acrylic painting on canvas with copper and zinc leaf. The painting depicts the lower torso and legs of a young man jumping upward. His torso and arms, mostly out of frame, are bare. He is wearing several overlapping pairs of underwear, jeans that sag to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.69
Harry Lee "Butch" Reynolds Jr. (born June 8, 1964) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the 400 meter dash. He held the world record for the event for 11 years 9 days with his personal best time of 43.29 seconds set in 1988. That…
Rudolph "Butch" T. Ware III (born 1974), also known as Bilal Ware in the American Muslim community, is an American associate professor and hip hop artist who was the vice presidential nominee for the Green Party in 2024. He is one half of the hip hop duo…
A butchering stick. The medium brown wooden stick is carved from a single piece of wood. It has an elongated, narrow, rounded shaft that tapers to blunt, carved points. At one end of the stick is an embedded flat head nail. A white paper sticker with black…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.8
