Butterfly shaped pin from Mae's Millinery Shop. The body and wings of the butterfly are shaped from silver toned metal with metal antennae. The front of the butterfly is decorated with faceted rhinestones in jewel tones of red, green, and blue with white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.70
Button from Army Nurse Corps uniform worn by Lt. Louise Lomax. The button is gold colored with the United States Army emblem at center. The emblem depicts an eagle with outstretched wings behind a shield. Embossed on the back of the button is [WATERBURY…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.42.4.1
Button from Army Nurse Corps uniform worn by Lt. Louise Lomax. The button is gold colored with the United States Army emblem at center. The emblem depicts an eagle with outstretched wings behind a shield. Embossed on the back of the button is [WATERBURY…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.42.4.2
Button from Army Nurse Corps uniform worn by Lt. Louise Lomax. The button is gold colored with the United States Army emblem at center. The emblem depicts an eagle with outstretched wings behind a shield. Embossed on the back of the button is [WATERBURY…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.42.4.3
Button from Army Nurse Corps uniform worn by Lt. Louise Lomax. The button is gold colored with the United States Army emblem at center. The emblem depicts an eagle with outstretched wings behind a shield. Embossed on the back of the button is [WATERBURY…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.42.4.4
Button from Army Nurse Corps uniform worn by Lt. Louise Lomax. The button is gold colored with the United States Army emblem at center. The emblem depicts an eagle with outstretched wings behind a shield. Embossed on the back of the button is [WATERBURY…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.42.4.5
Button from Army Nurse Corps uniform worn by Lt. Louise Lomax. The button is gold colored with the United States Army emblem at center. The emblem depicts an eagle with outstretched wings behind a shield. Embossed on the back of the button is [WATERBURY…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.42.4.6
Button from Army Nurse Corps uniform worn by Lt. Louise Lomax. The button is gold colored with the United States Army emblem at center. The emblem depicts an eagle with outstretched wings behind a shield. Embossed on the back of the button is [WATERBURY…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.42.4.7
Button from Army Nurse Corps uniform worn by Lt. Louise Lomax. The button is gold colored with the United States Army emblem at center. The emblem depicts an eagle with outstretched wings behind a shield. Embossed on the back of the button is [WATERBURY…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.42.4.8
Norris Chrisleventon "Buzz" Johnson (2 November 1951 – 11 February 2014), generally known as Buzz Johnson, was a Tobago-born publisher and activist who in the 1970s relocated to England, UK. There he set up a small publishing company called Karia Press,…
An archival pigment print photograph of collaged images. The central image is a black-and-white photograph of an older woman seated with two children. Another child is in the foreground of the photograph, with just their head and eyes appearing in front of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.77.9
Byron Emmerson Johnson (September 16, 1911 – September 24, 2005), also known as Mex Johnson, was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues. His nickname came from a hat he wore as a child which looked like a sombrero. Born in Little…
Byron Curtis Moore (born 24 August 1988) is an English footballer who plays as a winger or as a forward and has also been utilised as a wing-back. He plays for Northern Premier League Division One West club Nantwich Town. A graduate of the Crewe Alexandra…
Byron Robinson (born May 10, 1995) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles. He holds a personal record of 48.58 seconds for the event. He was the runner-up at the United States Olympic Trials in 2016.
A black-and-white photograph of Kamoinge Workshop member, C. Daniel Dawson, captured by Anthony Barboza. The close-up portrait depicts Dawson from the chin up, looking directly at the viewer with a serious expression on his face. Dawson has a trimmed, full…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.39.2
Charles Eric Lincoln (June 23, 1924 – May 14, 2000) was an American scholar. He was the author of several books, including sociological works such as The Black Church Since Frazier (1974) and Race, Religion and the Continuing American Dilemma (1984), as…
Clarence LaVaughn Franklin (né Walker; January 22, 1915 – July 27, 1984) was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist. Known as the man with the "Million-Dollar Voice", Franklin served as the pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit…
Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer, songwriter, bandleader, and actor. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era. His niche of mixing…
A 16mm black-and-white, silent home movie film by Cab and Zulme "Nuffie" Calloway during a tour of the Caribbean, with film edge code indicating a year of 1951. The film strip consists of double perforated film stock with frames in the middle. The film…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2015.273.2.1.1a
A compilation reel of silent, black-and-white home movies featuring Cab Calloway and his family at their home in Long Island, NY and at the beach. (N.B. Original footage has exposure irregularities). It consists of 16mm film (2015.273.2.2.1a), an original…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2015.273.2.2.1abc
A compilation reel of 16mm home movies filmed by Cab and Zulme "Nuffie" Calloway during a tour of the Caribbean, with both Kodachrome and black-and-white film edge codes indicating the year 1951. The initial color footage depicts Zulme "Nuffie" Calloway…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2015.273.2.3.1a
