title: John G. Nicolay

subjects:
Neckwear
Arts and culture
Government
Diplomacy
Interior decoration
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Facial hair
Consul
Design
Bowtie
Costume
Editor
Men
Necktie
Journalism
Law and crime
Politic
Diplomat
Journalism and media
Beard
Military


title: Possibly Jane Coombs

creator: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894

medium: Glass plate collodion negative

country: United States\New York\Kings\New York

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Women
Arts and culture
Architecture
Interior decoration
Jewelry
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Home furnishing
Bow
Furnishing
Design
Theater
Chair
Costume
Seating
Stage actor
Entertainer
Pedestal

source: Smithsonian Open Access

source_id: smithsonian

rights: Public Domain / CC0

rights_statement: CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) via Smithsonian Open Access.

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection


title: Unidentified Men

country: United States\District of Columbia\Washington

subjects: United states\district of columbia\washington


title: Nathanael Greene

creator: Elkanah Tisdale, 1768 - after 1834

medium: Etching and line engraving on paper

subjects:
Print
Business and finance
Congressional gold medal
Businessperson
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Industrialist
Iron
Flag
Civilian award
Symbol & motif
Costume
Military and intelligence
Men
Manufacturer
American revolution (1775-1783)
Officer

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution


title: John Augustus Roebling

creator: Unidentified Artist

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects:
Photograph
Neckwear
Interior decoration
Mustache
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Facial hair
Bridge builder
Design
Science and technology
Inventor
Costume
Men
Necktie
Civil engineer
Engineer
Beard

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. James Elston


title: William Wilkins

subjects:
Business and finance
Legislator
Neckwear
Businessperson
Container
Dress accessorie
Home furnishing
Secretary of war
Design
Chair
Staff (sticks, canes, etc.)
Bowtie
Seating
Walking stick
Necktie
Table
Public officer
Diplomat
Minister
Cabinet member
Inkwell
Government
Diplomacy
Interior decoration
Portrait
Lawyer
Banker
Furnishing
Costume
Men
Senator
Law and crime
Politic
Judge


title: Marshall Lefferts


title: George P. Marsh

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Legislator
Arts and culture
Writer
Dress accessorie
Eyeglasse
Design
Column
Public officer
Diplomat
Minister
Top hat
Glove
Literature
Congressmen
Architecture
Government
Diplomacy
Interior decoration
Portrait
Facial hair
Lawyer
Headgear
Costume
Men
Hats
Law and crime
Politic
Beard


title: Joel Turrill

creator: Charles Fenderich, 1805 - 1887

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects:
Print
Legislator
Congressmen
Government
Men
Portrait
Public officer
Law and crime
Judge
Politic

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Library of Congress


title: Ralph Wells

subjects:
Design
Neckwear
Interior decoration
Costume
Men
Necktie
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Facial hair
Beard


title: Edwin Booth

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Neckwear
Theater manager
Arts and culture
Interior decoration
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Theater producer
Design
Theater
Actor and actresse
Costume
Men
Necktie
Entertainer


title: Unidentified Woman

subjects:
Design
Women
Interior decoration
Portrait


title: Alexander Franklin James

medium: Sixth-plate tintype

subjects:
Photograph
Outlaw
Neckwear
Interior decoration
Thief
Bank and banking
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Cased object
Headgear
Thieve
Design
Criminal
Costume
Men
Necktie
Hats
Law and crime


title: Reuben E. Fenton

subjects:
Business and finance
Chain
Legislator
Congressmen
Government
Interior decoration
Jewelry
Goatee
Portrait
Home furnishing
Facial hair
Banker
Governor
Furnishing
Design
Costume
Tassel
Men
Senator
Public officer
Politic


title: Clara Jennings

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Curl
Women
Arts and culture
Interior decoration
Jewelry
Portrait
Home furnishing
Furnishing
Design
Theater
Bracelet
Chair
Costume
Seating
Tassel
Stage actor
Entertainer
Hairstyle


title: G.W.M. Nutt and Minnie Warren

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Chain
Singer
Neckwear
Person with dwarfism
Arts and culture
Jewelry
Dress accessorie
Home furnishing
Person with a disability
Design
Chair
Column
Bowtie
Seating
Necktie
Entertainer
Musician
Women
Architecture
Interior decoration
Portrait
Furnishing
Costume
Music
Men


title: Mrs. Ulysses S. (Julia Dent) Grant

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Women
Government
Interior decoration
Jewelry
Portrait
Home furnishing
Presidents' spouse
First ladie
Furnishing
Brooch
Design
Costume
Ring
Curtain
Table
Politic
First lady of us


title: Edwin Forrest

subjects:
Theater manager
Arts and culture
Interior decoration
Mustache
Jewelry
Goatee
Portrait
Facial hair
Design
Theater
Pendant
Costume
Tassel
Men
Stage actor
Entertainer


title: Pauline Cushman

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Women
Intelligence agent
Arts and culture
Architecture
Interior decoration
Jewelry
Portrait
Home furnishing
Furnishing
Design
Chair
Column
Actor and actresse
Costume
Seating
Military and intelligence
Entertainer
Spy


title: Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth

creator: Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896

subjects:
Photograph
United states\new york\kings\new york
Chain
Neckwear
Soldier
Interior decoration
Outerwear
Dress accessorie
Jewelry
Portrait
Home furnishing
Carte-de-visite
Headgear
Design
Costume
Walking stick
Military and intelligence
Men
Necktie
Hats
Photographic format
Law and crime
Drape
Coat


title: Indian Group

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Headdresse
Jewelry
Dress accessorie
Animal horn
Design
Weapon
Sword
Column
Hatchet
Feather
Nature
Women
Necklace
Shawl
Bow and arrow
Architecture
Sash
Interior decoration
Outerwear
Tool
Portrait
Ecology
Headgear
Costume
Hats


title: Mary Todd Lincoln

subjects:
Botany
Headdresse
Jewelry
Dress accessorie
Home furnishing
Flower
First ladie
Design
Bouquet
Glove
Bracelet
Chair
Seating
First lady of us
Nature
Women
Necklace
Government
Interior decoration
Portrait
Ecology
Presidents' spouse
Plant
Headgear
Furnishing
Crown
Costume
Politic


title: Gordon Winslow

subjects:
Design
Interior decoration
Costume
Men
Mustache
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Facial hair
Handkerchief
Beard


title: John McCloskey

subjects:
Necklace
Sash
Priest
Cross
Interior decoration
Robe
Cardinal
Religion
Outerwear
Jewelry
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Home furnishing
Furnishing
Design
Chair
Religion and spirituality
Prelate
Costume
Seating
Ring
Men
Cloak
Clergy


title: Alice Roosevelt Longworth

medium: Gelatin silver print

subjects:
Photograph
Women
Necklace
Arts and culture
Government
Jewelry
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Society figure
Flower
Daughter of us president
Headgear
Costume
Veil
Politic
Socialite


title: Minnie Maddern Fiske

creator: Alfred J. Frueh, 2 Sep 1880 - 14 Sep 1968

medium: Linocut on paper

subjects:
Print
Caricature
Printing
Women
Theater
Theater manager
Arts and culture
Portrait
Stage actor
Entertainer


title: Charles Heyer Bell

creator: L. Buchheister

medium: Crayon and pastel

subjects:
Drawing
Admiral
Costume
Military and intelligence
Men
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Facial hair
Beard
Officer

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc.


title: George Brinton McClellan and Wife [Ellen Marcy]

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Presidential candidate
Mustache
Jewelry
Home furnishing
Governor
Design
Symbol & motif
Major general
Chair
Column
Star
Seating
Military and intelligence
Curtain
Public officer
Women
Architecture
Government
Interior decoration
Portrait
Facial hair
Furnishing
Costume
Politic
Officer


title: Rube Goldberg

creator: Henry Major, 1889 - 1948

medium: Pencil on paper

subjects:
Drawing
Neckwear
Art
Arts and culture
Political cartoonist
Cartoonist
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Sculptor
Pulitzer prize
Bowtie
Costume
Men
Necktie
Literary award
Artist


title: John Muir

creator: Orlando Rouland, 1871 - 27 Jun 1945

date: c. 1917 from a 1909 photograph

medium: Oil on canvas

subjects:
Painting
Social welfare and reform
Explorer
Nature writer
Activism
Book and reading
Arts and culture
Literature
Writer
Magazine article writer
Mustache
Portrait
Facial hair
Ecology
Reformer
Printed material
Naturalist
Science and technology
Men
Scientist
Novelist
Beard

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; gift of Mary W. Harriman, 1920


title: Andrew Jackson

creator: Charles Cutler Torrey, 1799 - 1827

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Print
Justice
Legislator
Congressional gold medal
Congressmen
Government
Brass
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Lawyer
Civilian award
State supreme court justice
Governor
Button
Costume
Military and intelligence
Men
Senator
Public officer
Law and crime
Politic
Judge
President
Officer


title: G.W.M. Nutt and Minnie Warren

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Women
Singer
Neckwear
Person with dwarfism
Arts and culture
Interior decoration
Statuette
Jewelry
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Home furnishing
Person with a disability
Design
Sculpture
Bowtie
Costume
Music
Curtain
Men
Necktie
Entertainer
Musician


title: Samuel Ringgold

creator: Nathaniel Currier, 27 Mar 1813 - 20 Nov 1888

medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper

subjects:
Print
United states\new york\kings\new york
Botany
Nature
Tree
Cannon
Military engineer
Portrait
Ecology
Plant
Headgear
Battleground
Landscape
Shako
Animal
Weapon
Sword
Costume
Military and intelligence
Palm
Men
Horse
Military
Officer

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Estate of William Woodville, VIII


title: Ambrose Everett Burnside

subjects:
Photograph
Business and finance
Legislator
Businessperson
Railroad executive
Mustache
Dress accessorie
Carte-de-visite
Governor
Design
Weapon
Sword
Button
Military and intelligence
Public officer
Business executive
Union army
Sash
Government
Interior decoration
American civil war (1861-1865)
Portrait
Facial hair
Civil war, 1861-1865
Costume
Muttonchop
Men
Senator
Photographic format
Politic
Officer


title: Henry Morton Stanley

creator: Charles Auguste Loye, 1841 - 1905

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

subjects:
Print
Explorer
Arts and culture
Literature
Writer
Reporter
Mustache
Goatee
Portrait
Home furnishing
Facial hair
History
Furnishing
Science and technology
Men
Newspaper
Table
Journalism
Journalism and media


title: Solomon Foot

subjects:
Legislator
Congressmen
Government
Interior decoration
Portrait
Home furnishing
Lawyer
Furnishing
Design
Politician
Men
Senator
Public officer
Law and crime
Politic


title: Solomon Foot

subjects:
Legislator
Congressmen
Government
Interior decoration
Portrait
Lawyer
Design
Politician
Men
Senator
Public officer
Law and crime
Politic


title: Unidentified Man

subjects:
Architecture
Sash
Interior decoration
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Home furnishing
Facial hair
Furnishing
Design
Belt
Chair
Column
Seating
Costume
Curtain
Men
Beard


title: Samuel Putnam Avery

creator: Thomas Johnson, 1844 - 1904

subjects:
Print
Business and finance
Art
Arts and culture
Businessperson
Art dealer
Printmaker
Mustache
Portrait
Facial hair
Founder
Art museum founder
Patron of the arts
Illustrator
Engraver
Men
Artist
Beard
Dealer

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Charles Telford Erickson


title: Daniel Phoenix Ingraham

subjects:
Justice
Neckwear
Interior decoration
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Home furnishing
Facial hair
Eyeglasse
State supreme court justice
Furnishing
Design
Chair
Seating
Costume
Tablecloth
Muttonchop
Men
Necktie
Table
Law and crime
Judge


title: S.A. Walker

creator: Otto J. Schneider, 1875 - 1946

medium: Etching and drypoint on paper

subjects:
Print
Neckwear
Costume
Men
Mustache
Necktie
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Facial hair

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Chicago Historical Society


title: John A. Logan

subjects:
Legislator
Congressmen
Government
Interior decoration
American civil war (1861-1865)
Mustache
Portrait
Facial hair
Lawyer
Design
Symbol & motif
Civil war, 1861-1865
Star
Military and intelligence
Men
Senator
Public officer
Law and crime
Politic
Union army
Officer


title: George Washington Morrison Nutt

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Person with dwarfism
Arts and culture
Architecture
Interior decoration
Portrait
Home furnishing
Person with a disability
Headgear
Design
Column
Costume
Curtain
Men
Hats
Entertainer


title: Unidentified Woman

creator: Peale Museum Philadelphia, 1786 - 1842

medium: White paper on black paper

subjects: Silhouette Women Bonnet Costume Portrait Hats Headgear

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Miss Eunice Chambers


title: Charles Beebe Stuart

creator: Francis D'Avignon, 29 Oct 1813 - c. 1871

subjects:
Print
Neckwear
Soldier
American civil war (1861-1865)
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Union
Science and technology
Civil war, 1861-1865
Bowtie
Costume
Military and intelligence
Men
Necktie
Engineer


title: Unidentified Man

subjects:
Design
Neckwear
Interior decoration
Costume
Curtain
Men
Necktie
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Home furnishing


title: Clara Louise Kellogg

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Women
Singer
Arts and culture
Interior decoration
Jewelry
Portrait
Home furnishing
Soprano
Opera singer
Furnishing
Design
Chair
Costume
Seating
Music
Curtain
Tassel
Entertainer
Musician


title: Samuel Chase

creator: John Wesley Jarvis, 1780 - 14 Jan 1840

medium: Oil on wood

subjects:
Painting
Justice
Legislator
Government
Portrait
Lawyer
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Men
Signer of declaration
Public officer
Law and crime
Politic
Judge
Us supreme court justice


title: Embalmed That They May Keep Until 1880 - Or Longer

creator: Thomas Nast, 27 Sep 1840 - 7 Dec 1902

medium: Wood engraving on paper

subjects:
Print
Presidential candidate
Funereal
Legislator
Congressmen
Architecture
Government
Imaginary
Portrait
Commissioner
Lawyer
Sarcophagus
Governor
General land office
Tomb
Men
Stair
Senator
Public officer
Law and crime
Politic
Vice-president


title: Indian

creator: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894

medium: Glass plate collodion negative

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Necklace
Architecture
Interior decoration
Jewelry
Portrait
Home furnishing
Design
Staff (sticks, canes, etc.)
Costume
Walking stick
Curtain
Men
Pedestal


title: Hamlin Garland

creator: Doris Ulmann, 29 May 1882 - 28 Aug 1934

medium: Platinum print

subjects:
Photograph
Neckwear
Arts and culture
Writer
Paper
Mustache
Dress accessorie
Home furnishing
Pulitzer prize
Printed material
Design
Chair
Seating
Necktie
Novelist
Literature
Interior decoration
Essayist
Portrait
Facial hair
Furnishing
Costume
Men
Autograph
Literary award
Handkerchief


title: J. W. Blaisdell

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Design
Interior decoration
Men
Mustache
Portrait
Facial hair


title: Hiram Powers

creator: George Frederick Watts, 1817 - 1904

subjects:
Drawing
Art
Art implement
Arts and culture
Costume
Men
Sculpting tool
Portrait
Apron
Hats
Sculptor
Artist
Headgear


title: G.W.M. Nutt and Minnie Warren

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Chain
Singer
Neckwear
Person with dwarfism
Arts and culture
Jewelry
Dress accessorie
Home furnishing
Person with a disability
Design
Chair
Column
Bowtie
Seating
Necktie
Entertainer
Musician
Women
Architecture
Interior decoration
Portrait
Furnishing
Costume
Music
Men


title: W. B. Tompkins

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Interior decoration
Mustache
Portrait
Home furnishing
Facial hair
Furnishing
Headgear
Design
Chair
Seating
Costume
Tablecloth
Curtain
Muttonchop
Men
Table
Hats


title: Mrs. John (Josephine) Hoey

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Women
Shawl
Arts and culture
Architecture
Interior decoration
Outerwear
Jewelry
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Bow
Design
Theater
Bracelet
Column
Costume
Stage actor
Braided hair
Entertainer
Hairstyle


title: Alexander Hamilton

creator: John Trumbull, 6 Jun 1756 - 10 Nov 1843

subjects:
Painting
Legislator
Cabinet member
Arts and culture
Literature
Congressmen
Writer
Government
Portrait
Lawyer
Continental congressman
Military and intelligence
Men
Secretary of treasury
American revolution (1775-1783)
Public officer
Law and crime
Politic
Officer

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Henry Cabot Lodge


title: Ruth Stanley Farnam

creator: Unidentified Artist

medium: Color halftone poster

subjects:
Print
Women
Soldier
Arts and culture
Literature
Writer
Government
Portrait
Headgear
Baroness
Symbol & motif
Medicine and health
Nursing
Costume
Military and intelligence
Politic
Aristocracy (social class)
Medal
Military


title: Varina Howell Davis

creator: John Wood Dodge, 4 Nov 1807 - 15 Dec 1893

medium: Watercolor on ivory

subjects:
Painting
Women
Arts and culture
Literature
Writer
Government
Magazine article writer
Jewelry
Portrait
Confederate first lady
Biographer
Brooch
Costume
Politic

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Varina Webb Stewart Conserved with funds from the Smithsonian Women's Committee


title: General Winfield Scott

creator: Otto Starck, active 1860s

medium: Lithograph with tintstone on paper

subjects:
Print
Presidential candidate
Soldier
Arts and culture
Writer
Dress accessorie
Public official
Human figure
Weapon
Sword
Military and intelligence
Feather
Public officer
Nature
Congressional gold medal
Literature
Government
Portrait
Ecology
Mexican war, 1846-1848
Civilian award
Headgear
Animal
Costume
Men
Horse
Hats
Politic
War of 1812
Officer


title: Unidentified Man

subjects:
Neckwear
Interior decoration
Mustache
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Home furnishing
Facial hair
Furnishing
Design
Chair
Seating
Costume
Men
Necktie
Beard


title: Ada Webb

subjects:
Design
Women
Chair
Interior decoration
Seating
Costume
Outerwear
Cloak
Portrait
Home furnishing
Furnishing


title: Henry Finn and Thomas Kilner

creator: David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov 1865

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects:
Print
Arts and culture
Literature
Writer
Playwright
Paper
Portrait
Headgear
Printed material
Theater
Staff (sticks, canes, etc.)
Walking stick
Costume
Comedian
Men
Stage actor
Hats
Entertainer
Top hat


title: George Mortimer Pullman

creator: George Kendall Warren, 1834 - 29 Nov 1884

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects:
Photograph
Business and finance
Neckwear
Railroad
Businessperson
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Facial hair
Industrialist
Bowtie
Costume
Military and intelligence
Cabinet card
Men
Necktie
Photographic format
Beard
Officer

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. Drapkin


title: Sarah Meade

creator: Meade Brothers Studio, active c. 1840 - c. 1869

subjects:
Photograph
United states\new york\kings\new york
Design
Women
Interior decoration
Costume
Paper
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Photographic format
Carte-de-visite
Eyeglasse
Printed material

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Emerson Lyons


title: Unidentified Woman

subjects:
Design
Women
Fans
Bracelet
Costume
Interior decoration
Jewelry
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Flower
Braided hair
Hairstyle


title: Thomas Nast Self-Portrait

medium: Pencil and India ink on paper

subjects:
Drawing
Portraits
Art
Arts and culture
Self-portrait
Cartoonist
Government
Diplomacy
Mustache
Goatee
Facial hair
Consul
Us consul
Illustrator
Men
Politic
Diplomat
Artist


title: Hannah Albertine

subjects:
Women
Necklace
Fans
Singer
Shawl
Arts and culture
Interior decoration
Outerwear
Jewelry
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Design
Costume
Music
Entertainer
Musician


title: Camp Scene/New York 7th Regiment

subjects:
Botany
Book and reading
Container
Mustache
Dress accessorie
Home furnishing
Flower
Printed material
Smoking implement
Bouquet
Weapon
Sword
Table
Nature
Architecture
Portrait
Ecology
Facial hair
Plant
Pipe
Furnishing
Tent
Belt
Vase
Costume
Tablecloth
Tassel
Men
Beard


title: Unidentified Man

subjects: United states\district of columbia\washington


title: Unidentified Man

subjects:
Neckwear
Book and reading
Interior decoration
Mustache
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Home furnishing
Facial hair
Furnishing
Printed material
Design
Costume
Curtain
Men
Necktie
Table
Beard


title: Robert Lansing

creator: Harris & Ewing Studio, active 1905 - 1977

medium: Gelatin silver print

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Aileen Conkey


title: Unidentified Woman

subjects:
Women
Book and reading
Interior decoration
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Home furnishing
Bow
Furnishing
Headgear
Printed material
Design
Bonnet
Chair
Seating
Costume
Tablecloth
Table
Feather
Hats


title: Unidentified Man

subjects:
Design
Staff (sticks, canes, etc.)
Interior decoration
Walking stick
Men
Mustache
Portrait
Facial hair
Beard


title: Emily Horne Jordon


title: Unidentified Woman

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Women
Book and reading
Interior decoration
Jewelry
Portrait
Home furnishing
Furnishing
Printed material
Design
Chair
Costume
Seating
Tablecloth
Table


title: G. W. M. Nutt and Minnie Warren

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Women
Singer
Neckwear
Person with dwarfism
Arts and culture
Interior decoration
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Home furnishing
Person with a disability
Furnishing
Design
Chair
Bowtie
Seating
Costume
Music
Men
Necktie
Entertainer
Musician


title: Thomas Nast

subjects:
Neckwear
Art
Arts and culture
Cartoonist
Government
Diplomacy
Interior decoration
Mustache
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Facial hair
Consul
Us consul
Design
Illustrator
Costume
Men
Necktie
Politic
Handkerchief
Diplomat
Artist


title: Lemuel Hastings Arnold

subjects:
Legislator
Congressmen
Government
Interior decoration
Mustache
Portrait
Facial hair
Governor
Design
Men
Public officer
Politic
Beard


title: Ignace Jan Paderewski

medium: Etching on paper

subjects:
Print
Composer
Prime minister
Arts and culture
Government
Diplomacy
Mustache
Portrait
Facial hair
Pianist
Foreign leader
Music
Men
Poland
Politic
Entertainer
Diplomat
Musician
Minister


title: Samuel Osgood

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Chain
Book and reading
Interior decoration
Jewelry
Portrait
Home furnishing
Facial hair
Furnishing
Printed material
Design
Religion and spirituality
Costume
Men
Table
Clergy
Minister
Beard


title: Josiah Johnson Hawes Self-Portrait

creator: Josiah Johnson Hawes, 20 Feb 1808 - 7 Aug 1901

subjects:
Photograph
Portraits
Business and finance
Art
Arts and culture
Self-portrait
Businessperson
Facial hair
Cabinet card
Men
Photographer
Photographic format
Artist
Beard
Daguerreotypist


title: Andrew Johnson

creator: Currier & Ives Lithography Company, active 1857 - 1907

subjects:
Print
Business and finance
Legislator
Congressmen
Government
Portrait
Tradesman
Tailor
Governor
Public official
Textile worker
Men
Senator
Public officer
Politic
Vice-president
President
Mayor


title: G.W.M. Nutt and Minnie Warren

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Women
Singer
Neckwear
Person with dwarfism
Arts and culture
Architecture
Interior decoration
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Home furnishing
Person with a disability
Furnishing
Design
Chair
Column
Bowtie
Seating
Costume
Music
Men
Necktie
Entertainer
Musician


title: W.C. Fields

creator: Harry Warnecke, 1900 - 1984

medium: Carbro print

subjects:
Photograph
Arts and culture
Dress accessorie
Alcohol
Portrait
Home furnishing
Flower
Radio performer
Headgear
Beer
Theater
Drinking vessel
Costume
Comedian
Men
Stage actor
Motion picture
Hats
Entertainer
Movie actor
Beverage
Mug
Top hat
Food

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Elsie M. Warnecke


title: George Brinton McClellan

subjects:
Print
Presidential candidate
Government
Outerwear
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Governor
Major general
Weapon
Sword
Costume
Military and intelligence
Men
Cloak
Public officer
Politic
Officer


title: G.W.M. Nutt and Minnie Warren

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Women
Chain
Singer
Neckwear
Person with dwarfism
Arts and culture
Architecture
Interior decoration
Jewelry
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Home furnishing
Person with a disability
Furnishing
Design
Column
Bowtie
Costume
Music
Men
Necktie
Handkerchief
Entertainer
Musician


title: Baby Stratton and Nurse

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Women
Interior decoration
Jewelry
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Home furnishing
Bow
Furnishing
Design
Bracelet
Chair
Costume
Seating


title: William Dennison

creator: Eaton & Webber, active 1855 - 1865?

subjects:
Photograph
Business and finance
Neckwear
Businessperson
Government
Interior decoration
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Facial hair
Governor
Design
Bowtie
Costume
Men
Necktie
Public officer
Politic
Beard

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Marvin Sadik


title: Unidentified Man

subjects:
Design
Necklace
Cross
Costume
Interior decoration
Men
Religion
Jewelry
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Eyeglasse

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection


title: David Sarnoff

creator: Samuel Johnson Woolf, 12 Feb 1880 - 3 Dec 1948

medium: Charcoal and chalk on paper

subjects:
Drawing
Business and finance
Media industry executive
Neckwear
Businessperson
Costume
Men
Necktie
Dress accessorie
Portrait
Business executive
Broadcast executive
Radio executive

credit_line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution


title: Mrs. George Brinton McClellan [Ellen Marcy]

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Design
Women
Chair
Costume
Interior decoration
Seating
Curtain
Jewelry
Portrait
Home furnishing
Furnishing


title: Unidentified Woman

subjects:
Design
Women
Costume
Interior decoration
Jewelry
Table
Portrait
Home furnishing
Furnishing


title: Suzie Reed

subjects:
United states\new york\kings\new york
Women
Necklace
Person with dwarfism
Book and reading
Arts and culture
Bookcase
Interior decoration
Jewelry
Portrait
Home furnishing
Person with a disability
Furnishing
Printed material
Design
Rope
Chair
Costume
Seating
Curtain
Tassel
Entertainer


title: Blue cloche with velvet buckle

creator: Mr. John, American, founded 1948

medium: wool felt, velvet, petersham ribbon, adhesive, metal, and metal wire

country: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cloche
Millinery
Clothing and dress
Fashion

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane


title: Red, pink, and green striped scarf

creator: Echo, American, founded 1923

date: most likely mid-1960s

medium: silk chiffon

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Scarve (costume accessories)
Clothing and dress
Fashion


title: <I>The Liberator, Vol. XXIII, No. 7</I>

creator: The Liberator, American, 1831 - 1865

date: February 18, 1853

medium: ink on paper

country: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Newspaper
Resistance
Activism
Social reform
Abolitionist movement
Journalism
Association and institution
Mass media
Societie
U.s. history, 1815-1861
Antislavery

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection


title: Poster for Jan/Feb 1971 performances at Slugs’ Saloon / Slugs' in the Far East

creator: Slugs' in the Far East, American, 1964 - 1972

country: East Village, New York, New York, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Poster
Nightlife
Jazz (music)

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture


title: Gold and glass perfume bottle from Mae's Millinery Shop

creator: Anne Paree, French

medium: metal, glass, plastic

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Perfume bottle
Women
Black enterprise
Millinery
Fashion
Business

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.


title: <I>The Liberator, Vol. XXV, No. 8</I>

date: February 23, 1855

subjects:
Newspaper
Resistance
Activism
Social reform
Abolitionist movement
Self-liberation
Journalism
Association and institution
Fugitive enslaved
Mass media
Societie
U.s. history, 1815-1861
Antislavery


title: Picture postcard of the Roger Williams University President's Mansion

creator: Lay Brothers Photography, American, 1911 - 1928

country: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Picture postcard
U.s. history, 1865-1921
Correspondence


title: Off-white oxford shoes worn by Cab Calloway

creator: Capezio, American, founded 1887

date: mid 20th-late 20th century

medium: leather, synthetic fibers, metal, and cotton shoelaces

subjects:
Oxford
Costume
Clothing and dress
Conductor (musicians)
Composer (musicians)
Dance
Jazz (music)
Singer (musicians)

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam


title: Peach dress and belt worn by Oprah Winfrey on The Oprah Winfrey Show

creator: L'Wren Scott, American, 1964 - 2014

medium: a: silk twill, synthetic fiber, and metal fasteners;

country: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Dresse
Design
Television
Actor and actresse
Costume
Clothing and dress
Fashion
Entertainer
Mass media
Communication

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey


title: Charleston slave badge from 1821 for Servant No. 48

creator: John Joseph Lafar, American, 1784 - 1849

medium: metal

country: Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Slave hire badge
Slavery
Skilled labor
Labor union
Slave hire system

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Partial Gift of Harry S. Hutchins, Jr. DDS, Col. (Ret.) and his Family, dedicated to the individuals these Slave Hire Badges represent and their descendants


title: Pinback button from NYCOBA / NOMA

creator: New York Coalition of Black Architects, American, founded 1970

date: after 1992

medium: ink, plastic, metal, backing

subjects:
Button (information artifacts)
African diaspora
Design
Architecture
Professional organization
Association and institution

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Betty Smith Williams in memory of Harold Louis Williams


title: Temporary pass for the Miami Beach Convention Center

creator: Unidentified

medium: ink on paper , plastic

country: Miami, Florida, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Passe (tickets)
Sport

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Suzanne Dundee Bonner


title: Photographic print of men gathered for State Funeral Directors' meeting

medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper

country: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Gelatin silver print
American south
Funeral rite and ceremonie
American west
Communitie
Children
Business

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman


title: Program for Cafe Zanzibar

subjects:
Souvenir program
Nightlife
Photography
Theatre
Dance
Entertainer
Jazz (music)


title: Photograph of Larby Smith standing next to a wicker chair.

creator: Henry Bruhn, American, 1859 - 1935

date: late 19th century

medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount

country: Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
U.s. history, 1865-1921
American west
Migration
Family

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Don L. Durrah and D. Simone Durrah Logan in memory of Hattie J. Durr Whiddon Graham (1873-1950); Christopher Columbus Wayman Whiddon (1894-1973); Lina Irene Jordan Whiddon (1897-1983)


title: Cabinet card of a woman named Mary

medium: albumen and silver on paper on card mount

country: Shelbyville, Bedford county, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
Women


title: Letter to Richard Howard from Vice Pres. Richard Nixon, July 22, 1960

creator: Dick Howard, American, 1935 - 1967

country: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Letter (correspondence)
Track and field
U.s. history, 1953-1961
Athlete
Sport

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Howard Family


title: Albumen print of a Buffalo Soldier musician

creator: Baecker & Brooks, American

medium: albumen and silver nitrocellulose on paper (fiber product) cardboard

country: Webster, Day County, South Dakota, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
U.s. history, 1865-1921
American west
Band (music)
Buffalo soldier
Military


title: Cabinet card of Emma Alice Townsend

creator: R. E. Hearn, American, 1891 - 1910


title: <I>Untitled</I>

creator: Lewis Wickes Hine, American, 1874 - 1940

medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

country: Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Gelatin silver print
Photography
Skilled labor
Education
Labor union

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard and Ellen Greenberg


title: Ticket to a boxing match between Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson

creator: Arcus - Simplex - Brown, Inc., American, founded 1945

country: Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Ticket
U.s. history, 1953-1961
Athlete
Sport


title: Black felt hat with draped hat band and feathers

medium: wool felt, synthetic twill, feathers, metal wire, and rayon petersham ribbon

subjects:
Hats
Millinery
Clothing and dress
Fashion


title: Sign from Women's March on Washington with "I Stand with..."

medium: ink and markers on corrugated board

subjects:
Poster
Resistance
Women
Emigration and immigration
Activism
Feminism
Lgbtq
Sexuality
Politic
Group identity


title: Photographic postcard of an infant

medium: silver and photographic gelatin on paper, ink on paper

subjects: Portrait Photography Children


title: Carte-de-visite portrait of Lydia Maria Child

creator: John Adams Whipple, American, 1822 - 1891

medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

subjects:
Cartes-de-visite
Portraits
Photography
Literature
Abolitionist movement
U.s. history, civil war, 1861-1865
Reconstruction, u.s. history, 1865-1877
Antislavery

credit_line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress


title: Blue hat with upturned brim

creator: Pon Tello Inc., American

medium: fur felt, petersham ribbon, and metal wire


title: Photographic print of Eunice Jackson and two other women posing

subjects:
Photograph
American south
American west
Communitie


title: Tintype of a seated Buffalo Soldier

medium: collodion and silver on iron with lacquer

country: United States, North and Central America

subjects: United states, north and central america


title: Signed silver gelatin portrait photograph of W. E. B. Du Bois

creator: Carl Van Vechten, American, 1880 - 1964

medium: silver and gelatin photographic paper

subjects:
Gelatin silver print
Portraits
Photography


title: Blue hat with burgundy velvet ribbon

medium: fur felt, mohair, velvet, cotton, synthetic fiber, and metal

subjects:
Cloche
Millinery
Clothing and dress
Fashion


title: Beaded cream evening gown

medium: polyester satin, synthetic net, metal, glass, synthetic crinoline, synthetic crepe, and sequins

subjects:
Dresse
Clothing and dress
Fashion


title: <I>German Alergians captured by 92nd Div - St Die, Vosges Sept 14, 1918</I>

creator: United States Army Signal Corps, American, founded 1860

date: September 14, 1918

medium: gelatin and silver on photographic paper

subjects:
Photograph
Ww i
World war, 1914-1918
Military


title: Tintype of Christopher A. Wilson

medium: collodion and silver on iron , lacquer

subjects:
Tintype
Photography
U.s. history, civil war, 1861-1865
Men
Military

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Aneita Gates, on behalf of her son, Kameron Gates, and all the Descendants of Captain William A. Prickitt


title: <I>Why Colored People in Philadelphia are Excluded from the Street Cars</I>

creator: Benjamin P. Hunt, 1808 - 1877

medium: ink on paper

country: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Pamphlet
Slavery
Discrimination
Segregation
Transportation
Race
Civil right
Reconstruction, u.s. history, 1865-1877
Urban life
Race relation


title: <I>Negroes fishing in creek near cotton plantations outside Belzoni Miss. Delta, October 1939</I>

creator: Marion Post Wolcott, American, 1910 - 1990

medium: dye on paper (fiber product)

country: Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Dye transfer print
Photography
Rural life
American south
Recreation
U.s. history, 1933-1945

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard Greenberg


title: Trombone played by Fred Wesley

creator: Vincent Bach Corporation, American, founded 1918

date: after 1960

medium: metal, synthetic fiber

subjects:
Trombone
Soul (music)
Funk (music)
Instrumentalist (musicians)
Jazz (music)
Rhythm and blue (music)

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Fred Wesley


title: Charleston slave badge from 1810 for Porter No. 167

medium: metal

subjects:
Slave hire badge
Slavery
Skilled labor
Labor union
Slave hire system


title: Cream raffia hat with ribbon and large beads

creator: Sally Victor, American, 1905 - 1977

medium: Synthetic raffia, yarn, plastic, metal wire, rayon Petersham ribbon, net, and adhesive

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane


title: Prayer shawl from Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation

creator: Carolyn McCollough, American

medium: cloth, dye, metal, thread braid, and metal thread

subjects:
Tallitim
Clothing and dress
Judaism
Worship service
Black hebraic religion
Group identity
Prayer

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Gift of Rabbi Capers Funnye and the Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation


title: Broadside for an estate sale of "229 Rice Field Negroes"

creator: P.J. Porcher & Baya Co., American, 1859 - ca. 1863

country: Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Broadside
Slavery
American south
Skilled labor
Finance
Labor union
Family
Agriculture
Domestic slave trade
Rice farming
Business

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture


title: Purple and blue floral print dress with purple belt

creator: Unidentified

medium: cotton sateen, silk satin, linen, synthetic ribbon, and metal

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Dresse
Flowers
Clothing and dress
Fashion


title: Tintype of James Tall


title: Poster for an All Stars baseball game

medium: ink on cardboard

country: Ohio, United States, North and Central America

subjects: Ohio, united states, north and central america


title: White undergarment with pink ribbon and lace

medium: cotton, synthetic ribbon, bobbin lace, and machine lace

subjects:
Underdresse
Clothing and dress


title: <I>I. - Marchande de bananes aux Antilles</I>

creator: Chauvet

medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with ink on paper (fiber product)

country: Martinique, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

subjects:
Postcard
Description and travel
Women
Colonie
Clothing and dress
Fashion
Freedom
African diaspora
Photography
Labor union
French colonialism
Agriculture
Business
Gender issue
Group identity


title: Dress designed by Ann Lowe

creator: Ann Lowe, American, 1898 - 1981

medium: brocaded silk taffeta, silk chiffon, synthetic fiber, buckram, elastic and metal fasteners

country: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Evening dresse
Design
Women
Clothing and dress
Fashion


title: Photographic print of unidentified woman

date: early 20th century

medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

subjects:
Gelatin silver print
Photography


title: Notes from the United Nations on the Freedom Charter of South Africa

creator: United Nations Publications

date: July 1974

subjects:
Charter
Activism
Anti-apartheid movement
Law
Pan africanism
Black power
Decolonization
U.s. history, 1969-2001
International affair


title: Black hat with feather and fabric rose

medium: synthetic novelty weave, synthetic organza, synthetic, plastic, monofilament thread, paper, feather, synthetic, metal wire, and grosgrain ribbon

subjects:
Hats
Roses
Millinery
Clothing and dress
Fashion


title: Seat from Perry Stadium

creator: Bush Stadium, American, 1931 - 2012

medium: paint on wood , cast iron , metal

country: Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America

subjects: Chair Baseball Segregation Sport


title: Certificate of enlistment for Tilghman Detter

creator: United States Army, American, founded 1775

country: Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Military record
Slavery
U.s. history, civil war, 1861-1865
Emancipation
Military
United state colored troop


title: Flier for a rap battle in the Bronx designed by Buddy Esquire

creator: Buddy Esquire, American, 1959 - 2014

subjects:
Flier (printed matter)
Design
Nightlife
Hip-hop (music)
Rapper (musicians)
Urban life


title: Cabinet photograph of black man holding a white baby

creator: Adoniram J. Fisher, American, 1843 - 1915

medium: albumen and silver nitrocellulose on cardboard

subjects: United states, north and central america


title: <I>The Song of Hiawatha Op.30</I>

creator: Novello & Company, British

country: London, England, Europe

subjects:
Score
London, england, europe
Opera (music)
Caricature and cartoon


title: Payment receipt for apprehending Braxton, property of Edward Rouzee

creator: Rouzee Family, American

date: September 16, 1829

country: Essex County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Financial record
Resistance
Slavery
Law
Self-liberation
Finance
Agriculture
Fugitive enslaved
Freedom
Business

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family


title: <I>26803 "Skinning the Sharks" - a Phase of Florida's Fish Industry, Key West, Florida</I>

creator: Keystone View Company, American, 1892 - 1972

medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount

country: Key West, Monroe County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Fish
Stereograph
Photography
American south
Labor union


title: Circular desk calendar owned by Mary Church Terrell

creator: Galt & Bro Inc., American, 1802 - 2001

medium: metal, plastic, wood, ink, backing

country: Highland Beach, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Perpetual calendar
Domestic life

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ray and Jean Langston in memory of Mary Church and Robert Terrell


title: <I>No. 18, Upper Broad Street</I>

creator: A. W. Möller, British American, 1867 - 1922

medium: albumen and silver on paper mounted on cardboard

country: Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
Religion
Methodist

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman and Sandra Lindley


title: Receipt signed by Fats Waller

medium: ink on paper

subjects:
Receipt
Finance
Jazz (music)
Business


title: US Navy fatigue pants worn by Adm. Michelle Howard as rear admiral (lower half)

creator: Propper International, Inc., founded 1967

medium: nylon and cotton blend fabric with plastic buttons and nylon ribbon

subjects:
Trouser
Women
Clothing and dress
Military

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Admiral Michelle J. Howard, U.S. Navy


title: Yellow v-neck dress with pink and yellow silk poncho

creator: Harold Stone, American, founded 1951

medium: polyester, silk chiffon, plastic, and metal

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Dresse
Design
Clothing and dress
Fashion


title: Land indenture for the Barbados plantation of Captain Gunston

medium: ink on vellum

country: Somerset County, England, Europe

subjects:
Indenture
Somerset county, england, europe
Slavery
Finance
British colonialism


title: Photograph of E. G. Humphrey wearing a suit

medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount

country: Alabama, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
American south
Men
Family
Association and institution


title: Carte-de-visite of a man

medium: albumen and silver nitrate on photographic paper on card mount

subjects: Cartes-de-visite Photography


title: Clock used by the Citizen's Savings and Trust Company

medium: wood, copper, glass, plastic, metal

country: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Clock
Black enterprise
American south
Finance
Business

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. T.B. Boyd, III and R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation


title: Photographic print of Lewis Garner

date: late 1880s

medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount with graphite and ink

country: Newton, Jasper County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Gelatin silver print
Photography
Children


title: Poster for a Black Theatre for Black Panthers benefit performance

creator: Radical Theatre Repertory, American, 1968 - 1970

subjects:
Poster
Prison
Activism
Literature
Theatre companie
Actor and actresse
Bam (black arts movement 1965-1976)
Repertory theatre
Black power (black pride)


title: Wooden box that held tinned corned beef

creator: Libby, McNeill, & Libby, U.S.A., American, 1869 - 1960

date: early to mid 20th century

medium: ink and metal on wood with leather

country: Argentina, Latin America, South America

subjects:
Argentina, latin america, south america
Boxe (containers)
Ww i
Cooking
World war, 1914-1918
Dinner and dining
Military

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alan Laird


title: Red floral dress with bishop sleeves

creator: Unidentified

medium: silk chiffon, silk, synthetic fabric, synthetic thread, plastic, metal and elastic

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Dresse
Flowers
Clothing and dress
Fashion


title: Charleston slave badge from 1844 for Porter No. 337

creator: William M. Rouse, American, 1812 - 1888

medium: metal

country: Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Slave hire badge
Slavery
Skilled labor
Labor union
Slave hire system

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Partial Gift of Harry S. Hutchins, Jr. DDS, Col. (Ret.) and his Family, dedicated to the individuals these Slave Hire Badges represent and their descendants


title: Charleston slave badge from 1823 for Servant No. 229

creator: John Joseph Lafar, American, 1784 - 1849


title: Hole punch used by Pullman porter Thomas McCord

creator: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969

medium: chrome

subjects:
Paper punche (cutting tools)
Labor union
Transportation
Professional organization
Association and institution
Pullman porter

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kenneth Victor Young in memory of Thomas McCord, Louisville, Kentucky


title: Cabinet card of a woman

creator: William J. Kuebler Jr., American, 1856 - 1920s

medium: photographic gelatin and silver nitrate on photographic paper on card mount

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
Women


title: Photograph of horse and buggy

date: late 19th-early 20th century

medium: paper

subjects:
Photograph
Photography
Communitie
Domestic life
Transportation


title: <I>In The Shadow of the Pines</I>

creator: John Scantlebury Macdonald, Canadian, 1871 - 1931

medium: shellac

country: Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Black interior
Bluegrass (music)

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bob and Sherri Brennan in memory of Vernon Sugg McDonald


title: <I>Untitled</I>

creator: Lewis Wickes Hine, American, 1874 - 1940

medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

country: Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Gelatin silver print
Photography
Education
Conductor (musicians)
Band (music)
Instrumentalist (musicians)

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard and Ellen Greenberg


title: Cabinet card of an unidentified man, child, and woman by Ball & Sons

creator: J. P. Ball & Son, American, 1845 - 1904

country: Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
American west
Family
Business


title: Photograph of Lt. Louise Lomax in uniform

country: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Photograph
Medicine
Women
Ww ii
Nursing
Segregation
U.s. history, 1945-1953
Military
World war, 1939-1945

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pia Marie Winters Jordan in memory of her mother, First Lieutenant Louise Virginia Lomax Winters, Army Nurse Corps; and her uncle, Sgt. Henry James Lomax, U.S. Army


title: Cabinet card of an unidentified woman and two children by J.P. Ball & Son

country: Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
American west
Children
Business


title: Pinback button for the National Underground Railroad Junior Rangers

creator: National Park Service, American, founded 1916

date: After 1998

medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic

country: United States, North and Central America

subjects: United states, north and central america

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray


title: Charleston slave badge from 1846 for Mechanic No. 392


title: Violin owned by Ginger Smock

creator: Ferdinand August Homolka, Czech, 1828 - 1890

medium: 2016.161.1.1 (violin): wood, metal, plastic;

country: Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

subjects:
Violin
Prague, czech republic, europe
Instrumentalist (musicians)
Jazz (music)

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lydia Samuel Bennett


title: Photographic print of 8 people in front of a building

medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper

subjects:
Photograph
American south
American west
Communitie
Education
Children

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman


title: Charleston slave badge from 1861 for Servant No. 1577


title: Cuff links with West Point emblem worn by General Colin L. Powell

creator: United States Military Academy, American, founded 1802

medium: (a) enamel on metal

country: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cuff link
Education
Government
Clothing and dress
U.s. history, 1969-2001
Military

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell


title: Charleston slave badge from 1843 for Porter No. 1080


title: Photographic print of a woman sitting and a man standing

medium: albumen and silver on paper

subjects:
Albumen print
Photography


title: Cabinet card of an unidentified woman with a floral backdrop by J. P. Ball & Son

medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Flowers
Photography
American west
Business


title: Account for "supporting chargeable negroes" belonging to A.B. Rouzee

creator: Rouzee Family, American

medium: ink on paper

country: Essex County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Financial record
Slavery
Finance
Agriculture
Business


title: White cotton blouse with cut and drawn embroidery

medium: cotton and shell

subjects:
Blouse
Shells & molluscs
Clothing and dress
Fashion

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane


title: Sign from a segregated restaurant

medium: ink on cardboard

subjects: Sign Segregation

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture


title: Placard from dance recital performance "Dance to Glory" by Studio A

creator: Studio A Modeling, Etiquette, and Dance Academy, American, founded 2002

country: Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Sign
Justice
Police brutality
Violence
Black live matter
Dance
Politic
U.s. history, 2001
Race relation

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Studio A Modeling, Etiquette and Dance Academy of Baltimore, MD


title: Poster from Women's March on Washington with “Refugees welcome”

medium: paint and graphite on Fome-Cor (TM)

subjects:
Poster
Resistance
Women
Emigration and immigration
Activism
Feminism
Humanitarianism
Politic
International affair


title: Invoice and receipt for room and board of Sarah and Harriet Rouzee and "servant"

date: October 1829

subjects:
Financial record
Slavery
Description and travel
Finance
Agriculture
Business

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family


title: Ambrotype of an unidentified young woman

medium: collodion and silver on glass photographic plates, paper, and metal

subjects: Ambrotype Photography


title: Gelatin silver print of four 1927 Mississippi River flood images

creator: Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851

country: Benoit, Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

subjects: Great migration (african american), 1910-1930


title: Letter to Charles Chesnutt from W. E. B. Du Bois

creator: W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963

medium: ink on paper (fiber product)

country: Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Business letter
Activism
Literature
Social reform
Education
Correspondence

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of James Lowell Gibbs, Jr. and Jewelle Taylor Gibbs


title: Handbill advertising a punch card event at A.M.E. Zion Church Stony Brook

country: Setauket, Suffolk County, New York, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Handbill
Amusement
Communitie
African methodist episcopal
Religion
The black church
Society


title: Button from Army Nurse Corps uniform worn by Lt. Louise Lomax

creator: Waterbury Button Company, American, founded 1812

medium: metal

subjects:
Button (fasteners)
Medicine
Women
Nursing
Segregation
Clothing and dress
U.s. history, 1945-1953
Military


title: Page 53 from Harper's Weekly with an article about John W. Menard

creator: Harper & Brothers, American, 1817 - 1962

date: January 23, 1869

medium: ink on paper, wood, metal

country: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Magazine (periodicals)
Discrimination
Race
Politic
Reconstruction, u.s. history, 1865-1877
Emancipation

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joele and Fred Michaud


title: Poster for a concert by Nina Simone and The Vogues

creator: Unidentified

date: November 3, 1968

medium: ink on card stock

country: Hartford, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Poster
Women
Rock and roll (music)
Composer (musicians)
Instrumentalist (musicians)
Jazz (music)
Singer (musicians)
Rhythm and blue (music)


title: Boombox used by Public Enemy

creator: Tecsonic, South Korean

medium: metal, plastic, paper

subjects:
Radio receiver
Hip-hop (music)
Technology

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Public Enemy


title: Albumen print of Stephen Johnson

subjects:
Albumen print
Photography
U.s. history, civil war, 1861-1865
Men
Military

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Aneita Gates, on behalf of her son, Kameron Gates, and all the Descendants of Captain William A. Prickitt


title: Photograph of a woman in a white dress standing next to a chair

creator: Yu-No, American

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Cabinet photograph
Photography


title: Ticket to a championship boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks

date: September 15, 1978

country: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Ticket
Athlete
U.s. history, 1969-2001
Sport


title: Fan from the Cotton Club

medium: ink on cardboard with wood and metal

country: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Fans (costume accessories)
Nightlife
Segregation
Music
Dance
Musical theatre
Entertainer
Stereotype

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vicki Gold Levi


title: Negative of Roger Williams University's Commencement Hall

medium: silver and photographic gelatin on acetate film

country: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America


title: Cabinet card of an unidentified woman holding a fan by J.P. Ball & Son

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
American west
Business


title: Tan pumps with gold edged toe ornament

creator: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007

medium: imitation leather, synthetic suede, leather, metal, adhesive, elastic, and rubber

subjects:
Ornament & design
Pump (shoes)
Design
Clothing and dress
Fashion


title: Flyer announcing a night of solidarity with South African liberation

creator: KARABO

subjects:
Flier (printed matter)
Activism
Anti-apartheid movement
Pan africanism
Black power
U.s. history, 1969-2001
International affair
Multilingual communication


title: Bill of sale for a 23-year-old woman named Rachel to Robert Watson

creator: A. Calhoun, American

country: Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Bill of sale
Slavery
Women
Fancy girl trade
Finance
Domestic slave trade

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection


title: Pair of nurse's shoes worn by Pauline Brown Payne

medium: leather metal cloth

subjects:
Shoe (footwear)
Medicine
Women
Nursing
Education
Labor union
Clothing and dress

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pauline Brown Payne


title: Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee

date: October 17, 1812

subjects:
Financial record
Slavery
Law
Finance
Agriculture
Business


title: Bag containing a piece of brick from Fort Sumter owned by Marquis Peterson

medium: cotton (fiber), brick

country: Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Block (shaped masses)
U.s. history, civil war, 1861-1865
Free communitie of color
Military
United state colored troop


title: Newspaper account of David Hoyt's murder

creator: New York Daily Tribune, American, founded 1841

medium: ink on newsprint

country: Douglas County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Clipping
Violence
Anti-slavery movement
Journalism
Mass media
U.s. history, 1815-1861
Antislavery


title: Letter from Robert B. Elliott to L. Dunneman

creator: Robert Brown Elliott, American, 1842 - 1884

date: August 4, 1880

medium: ink on wove paper

country: Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Lithograph
Slavery
U.s. history, 1865-1921
Law
Government
Finance
Correspondence
Politic
Reconstruction, u.s. history, 1865-1877

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Stanley Turkel's Collection of Reconstruction Era Materials


title: Six paneled straw hat with wide brim

medium: straw

subjects:
Hats
Millinery
Clothing and dress
Fashion


title: Yellow cocktail dress designed by Don Loper and worn by Ella Fitzgerald

creator: Don Loper, American, 1906 - 1972

medium: silk, rayon, and foil cloth, silk chiffon, silk satin, synthetic fiber, and metal fasteners

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Cocktail dresse
Design
Costume
Clothing and dress
Jazz (music)
Singer (musicians)

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Ella Fitzgerald


title: Streamer for Southwest Asia Service owned by Gen. Colin Powell

creator: United States Armed Forces, American, founded 1775

medium: rayon with silk and metal

country: Asia

subjects:
Banner
Asia
Ornamentation
Persian gulf war, 1991
U.s. history, 1969-2001
Military


title: Service bell owned by Eliza Kearns Jackson

medium: copper alloy and iron with marble and metal

country: Maryland, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Bell (idiophones)
Slavery
Women
Domestic life
Labor union
Emancipation
Free communitie of color
Motherhood
Freedom

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of William and Gregory Gwaltney


title: Football commemorating Eddie Robinson's 324th win at Grambling State University

creator: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914

medium: leather , rubber and thread

country: Dallas, Texas, United States, North and Central America

subjects: Football Athlete Sport

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Eddie Robinson Family


title: Black hat with ivory hatband and black bow

medium: straw, synthetic coating (material), petersham (ribbon) (likely a cotton / rayon blend), and adhesive

subjects:
Hats
Design
Millinery
Clothing and dress
Fashion


title: Boxing robe worn by Sugar Ray Robinson

creator: Sugar Ray Robinson, American, 1921 - 1989

medium: terry cloth and thread

subjects:
Robe
Clothing and dress
Athlete
Sport


title: Silver badge for Alexander Hill of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry

creator: S.M. Ward & Co., American, active 1860s

medium: sterling silver

subjects:
Badge
Slavery
U.s. history, civil war, 1861-1865
Military
United state colored troop


title: Carte-de-visite of a man with walking stick, hat, and jacket

medium: paper

subjects: Cartes-de-visite Photography

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey


title: Clothes hanger used by Pullman porters

creator: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969

medium: wood, metal

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Hanger (costume equipment)
Labor union
Transportation
Pullman porter


title: Photographic portrait of Lt. Charles J. Blackwood

creator: Duce & McClymonds, American, Twentieth century

medium: photographic gelatin and toner on photographic paper

country: Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Photograph
Portraits
Photography
Ww i
World war, 1914-1918
Buffalo soldier
Military

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Beverly J. Blackwood in memory of Charles J. Blackwood, Sr.


title: Carte-de-visite portrait of Georgy Willets

creator: Charles DeForest Fredricks, American, 1823 - 1894

medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

subjects:
Cartes-de-visite
Portraits
Medicine
Photography
U.s. history, civil war, 1861-1865
Reconstruction, u.s. history, 1865-1877
Antislavery

credit_line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress


title: Fishing rod from the Powell family vacation cottage

date: 20th century

medium: wood and metal

country: Oak Bluffs, Duke County, Massachusetts, United States, Martha's Vineyard, North and Central America

subjects:
Fishing rods
Black interior
Recreation
Family

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Isabel Washington Powell Foundation


title: White buckram hat form from Mae's Millinery Shop

medium: buckram

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Headgear
Women
Black enterprise
Millinery
Fashion
Business

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.


title: Printed turban style hat

creator: Sophia

medium: silk, buckram, synthetic silk brocade, velvet, metallic thread, and metal wire

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane


title: Fishing hat from the Powell family vacation cottage

creator: Unidentified

date: mid 20th Century

medium: wicker

subjects:
Hats
Black interior
Recreation
Clothing and dress
Family


title: Postcard of Commencement Hall at Roger Williams University

creator: Lay Brothers Photography, American, 1911 - 1928

medium: ink on paper

subjects:
Picture postcard
U.s. history, 1865-1921
Correspondence

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture


title: Souvenir program for 1924 World's Colored Championship

creator: LeMaitre, American

country: Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

subjects: Souvenir Baseball Segregation Sport


title: Indian Head penny owned by the Dennis family

creator: United States Mint, American, founded 1792

medium: copper and nickel

subjects:
Money
U.s. history, civil war, 1861-1865
Family
Emancipation
Business

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of M. Denise Dennis, in honor of the Dennis Family


title: Carte-de-visite portrait of Willy Hall

country: Virginia, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cartes-de-visite
Portraits
Photography
U.s. history, civil war, 1861-1865
Children
Antislavery


title: Flier advertising an event entitled Angola: From Liberation to Reconstruction

creator: Pan African Students Organization in the Americas, American, 1960 - 1977

date: March 1976

country: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Flier (printed matter)
Activism
Anti-apartheid movement
Association and institution
Pan africanism
Black power
Decolonization
U.s. history, 1969-2001
International affair


title: Black straw hat with black feathers and gemstone

medium: synthetic straw, synthetic feathers, plastic, metal, and glass rhinestones

subjects:
Hats
Millinery
Clothing and dress
Fashion


title: Postcard envelope featuring the Morris Memorial Building

creator: Sunday School Publishing Board, American, founded 1915

subjects:
Envelope
Photography
U.s. history, 1919-1933
Architecture
Correspondence
Association and institution
Mass media


title: Button from Army Nurse Corps uniform worn by Lt. Louise Lomax

creator: Waterbury Button Company, American, founded 1812

medium: metal

country: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Button (fasteners)
Medicine
Women
Nursing
Segregation
Clothing and dress
U.s. history, 1945-1953
Military

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pia Marie Winters Jordan in memory of her mother, First Lieutenant Louise Virginia Lomax Winters, Army Nurse Corps; and her uncle, Sgt. Henry James Lomax, U.S. Army


title: Tintype of a man

medium: collodion and silver on iron with lacquer

subjects: Tintype Photography


title: Photograph of World War II soldiers from Company D, 8th Battalion, Ft. Belvoir

creator: Schutz Photo, American, founded 1918

date: September 1942

medium: ink and photographic gelatin

country: Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Panorama
Photography
Ww ii
Men
Military
World war, 1939-1945

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alphonso C. Coles, II


title: Gelatin silver print of four 1927 Mississippi River flood images

creator: Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851

medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

country: Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

subjects: Great migration (african american), 1910-1930


title: US Army service revolver owned by Richard T. Jones

creator: Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works, American, 1891 - 1975

medium: metal, mother of pearl

subjects:
Revolver
U.s. history, 1865-1921
American west
Military

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Butcher-Jones Family


title: Carte-de-visite of a young mustachioed man in Napa, California

creator: Mark Hopkins Strong, American

medium: albumen on wove paper and cardboard

country: Napa, California, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
American west
Communitie
Family


title: Wagon from America’s Promise Alliance owned by General Colin L. Powell

creator: America's Promise Alliance, American, founded 1997

medium: steel with paint and rubber

subjects:
Wagon
Humanitarianism
Education
Family
Youth
Association and institution
Children

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell


title: Receipt of pay for Pvt. Edward Carter

creator: Edward Carter, American, 1741 - 1818

medium: ink on wove paper

country: Hartford, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
U.s. history, revolution, 1775-1783
Finance
Free communitie of color
Military


title: <I>GUADELOUPE. - Type n° 2</I>

medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, with ink on paper

country: Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

subjects:
Postcard
African diaspora
Photography
Description and travel
Women
Colonie
Clothing and dress
Fashion
French colonialism
Freedom
Gender issue
Group identity


title: Straw hat with upturned brim

medium: straw and adhesive


title: Biography of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozley

date: December 1884

subjects:
Biography file
Slavery
Family
Emancipation


title: <I>Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Jackson, Owners</I>

medium: ink on paper and plastic laminate

country: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Photomechanical print
American south
Funeral rite and ceremonie
American west
Communitie
Family
Business

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman


title: Pinback button promoting public housing in New York City

date: late 20th century

medium: aluminum alloy, ink on paper, plastic laminate

subjects:
Button (information artifacts)
Justice
Communitie
Association and institution
Politic
Urban life
Communication


title: Speaker used as part of a DJ setup

creator: Altec Lansing, American, founded 1936

medium: wood , plastic and mesh

subjects:
Loudspeaker
Hip-hop (music)

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Angelo T. King / The Original DJ Tony Tone AKA Tony Crush of The Cold Crush Brothers


title: Pinback button promoting African Liberation Day

country: Africa

subjects:
Africa
Button (information artifacts)
African diaspora
Association and institution
Politic
Freedom


country: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Picture postcard
U.s. history, 1865-1921
Correspondence


title: Photographic print of Ethel Waters as Carmen

creator: Carl Van Vechten, American, 1880 - 1964

subjects:
Gelatin silver print
Photography
Actor and actresse
Harlem renaissance (new negro movement)
Musical theatre
Singer (musicians)


title: Second Lieutenant bar military insignia pin owned by Lt. Louise Lomax

subjects:
Insignia
Medicine
Women
Ww ii
Nursing
Tuskegee airmen
Segregation
U.s. history, 1945-1953
Military
World war, 1939-1945


title: Nurse's uniform apron worn by Pauline Brown Payne

creator: Angelica Corporation, American, founded 1904

medium: cloth, thread, plastic (organic)

subjects:
Apron (protective wear)
Medicine
Women
Nursing
Education
Clothing and dress

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pauline Brown Payne


title: Cabinet card of Charles, Jake, and Tom Young photographed by J.P. Ball & Son

creator: J. P. Ball & Son, American, 1845 - 1904

medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount

country: Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
American west
Family
Business


title: <I>The Proposed Amendment to the Constitution</I>

creator: Unidentified

medium: ink on paper

country: Ohio, United States, North and Central America

subjects: Ohio, united states, north and central america


title: Silver hand mirror owned by members of the Ellis family

medium: silver and reflective glass

country: Orange County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Hand mirror
Black interior
Domestic life
Beauty culture
Family

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Clara Ellis Payne


title: Poster for Oct/Nov 1967 performances at Slugs’ Saloon / Slugs' in the Far East

creator: Slugs' in the Far East, American, 1964 - 1972

country: East Village, New York, New York, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Poster
Nightlife
Jazz (music)


title: Black velvet skirt worn by Marian Anderson for her 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert

medium: nylon velveteen, tulle, metal, cloth

country: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Skirt
Activism
Classical (music)
Clothing and dress
Fashion
Civil right

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ginette DePreist in memory of James DePreist


title: <I>The Daily Picayune</I>

creator: The Daily Picayune, American, 1837 - 1914

country: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Newspaper
Resistance
Slavery
American south
Self-liberation
Labor union
Clothing and dress
Fugitive enslaved
Advertising
Business


title: Flyer advertising November events at the Studio Museum in Harlem

creator: The Studio Museum in Harlem, American, founded 1968

subjects:
Flier (printed matter)
Activism
Communitie
Modern dance
Dance
Bam (black arts movement 1965-1976)
Motion picture
Museum
Jazz (music)


title: Photograph of a girl named Gladys in cap and gown

creator: Hooks Bros. Photography, American, 1907 - 1979

medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount

country: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Gelatin silver print
Photography
Education
Youth


title: Badge for Prince Hall Grand Lodge F. & A. M. Massachusetts Victory Celebration

creator: Boston Badge Co., American

medium: metal, paper, plastic, cloth

country: Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Badge
Communitie
Freemason
Association and institution

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts


title: Dress worn by Isabel Sanford as Louise Jefferson on The Jeffersons

creator: Betsey Potter, American

medium: synthetic fiber, metal, rhinestones, and elastic

country: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Dresse
Design
Sitcom
Actor and actresse
Costume
Clothing and dress


title: Patch for Army Forces Command worn by General Colin L. Powell

creator: United States Army, American, founded 1775

medium: cotton (fiber) and canvas

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Patche (costume accessories)
Government
Clothing and dress
U.s. history, 1969-2001
Military


title: Cabinet card of an unidentified child wearing a christening gown

creator: C. Dunklee's Portraits, American

medium: albumen and silver on paper on card mount

country: Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
Children

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Family of Keith M. Jones in honor of Lonnie Bunch


title: Trade card for the slave dealers Blount & Dawson in Savannah, Georgia

creator: Blount & Dawson, American

country: Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Trade card
Prison
American south
U.s. history, civil war, 1861-1865
Domestic slave trade
U.s. history, 1815-1861
Business


title: <I>Peter L. Robinson, Sr.</I>

creator: Clarence Bruce Santee, American, ca. 1883 - 1946

medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

country: Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Gelatin silver print
Photography
Ww i
World war, 1914-1918
Military

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Peter L. Robinson, Jr. and Marie Robinson Johnson


title: Lobby card for The Flying Ace

creator: Norman Studios, American, 1920 - 1928

country: United States, North and Central America

subjects: United states, north and central america


title: Blue braided pillbox with veil

creator: Draper, New York

medium: filament yarn, elastic, nylon net, monofilament, polypropylene, synthetic fiber, adhesive, and metal

subjects:
Pillboxe (hats)
Millinery
Clothing and dress
Fashion


title: Electric guitar belonging to Chuck Berry, nicknamed "Maybellene"

creator: Gibson Guitar Corp., American, founded 1894

medium: wood and metal

subjects:
Guitar
Fruits
Rock and roll (music)

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donation of Charles E. Berry


title: Cabinet card of a man with a cane

creator: Orlando Scott Goff, American, 1843 - 1916

medium: albumen and silver nitrocellulose on paper (fiber product) cardboard

country: Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
American west


title: Placard from dance recital performance "Dance to Glory" by Studio A

creator: Studio A Modeling, Etiquette, and Dance Academy, American, founded 2002

medium: ink on cardboard with wood with adhesive

country: Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Sign
Justice
Police brutality
Violence
Black live matter
Dance
Politic
U.s. history, 2001
Race relation

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Studio A Modeling, Etiquette and Dance Academy of Baltimore, MD


title: Pennant for Wilberforce University football

medium: felt with thread and printing ink

country: Wilberforce, Greene County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America

subjects: Pennant Education Football Sport

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Gates Moresi family


title: Electrical hot comb heater and hot comb

creator: Solar Electric Manufacturing Co., American

medium: metal, ceramic, wood, plastic and cloth

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Linda Crichlow White in honor of her aunt, Edna Stevens McIntyre


title: <I>No. 2009, Taking a Rest</I>

creator: Thomas H. Lindsey, American, 1849 - 1927

country: Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
U.s. history, 1865-1921
American south
Transportation
Agriculture
Business

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection


title: Diploma from The Lelia College

creator: Lelia College, American, founded 1908

country: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America

subjects: Diploma Hair Women Education

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of A'Lelia Bundles / Madam Walker Family Archives


title: Distinguished Service Cross presentation case issued to Lewis Broadus

creator: Arrow Manufacturing, American

date: Awarded 1906; issued 2006

medium: leather with metal, plastic, cloth and paper

country: Tomball, Harris County, Texas, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Case (containers)
Ww i
Ww ii
World war, 1914-1918
Buffalo soldier
Spanish-american war (1898)
Military
World war, 1939-1945

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Lewis Broadus Family


title: Photograph of Principal H. H. Falkener and four Percy Street School teachers

creator: Siddell Studio, American, founded 1916

country: Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Gelatin silver print
Photography
Education

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme


title: Tintype of a man

creator: Unidentified

medium: collodion and silver on iron with lacquer

subjects: Tintype Photography

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture


title: Puerto Rican Slave Registration form number 2508 for Julian Charó

medium: ink on paper

country: Manatí, Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

subjects:
Form (documents)
Slavery
Colonie
Spanish colonialism


title: Photographic postcard of three WWI soldiers

country: Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family


title: <I>Untitled</I>

creator: Lewis Wickes Hine, American, 1874 - 1940

country: Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Gelatin silver print
Photography
Education
Agriculture

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard and Ellen Greenberg


title: Charleston slave badge from 1802 for Porter No. 116

creator: Charles Prince, American

medium: metal

country: Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Slave hire badge
Slavery
Skilled labor
Labor union
Slave hire system

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Partial Gift of Harry S. Hutchins, Jr. DDS, Col. (Ret.) and his Family, dedicated to the individuals these Slave Hire Badges represent and their descendants


title: Dividend check from Freedman's Savings and Trust Company

creator: Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company, American, 1865 - 1874

country: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Check
Government
Finance
Reconstruction, u.s. history, 1865-1877

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Mark E. Mitchell Collection of African American History


title: Letter by the Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa

creator: Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa, American

date: February 25, 1976

subjects:
Letter (correspondence)
Episcopalian
Activism
Religion
Correspondence
Pan africanism
Black power
U.s. history, 1969-2001
International affair


title: Harmon Medal in Science awarded to James A. Parsons Jr.

creator: William E. Harmon Foundation, American, 1921 - 1967

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Grant Shipp


title: Carte-de-visite of Jossie Trimble

creator: Staley Bros., American, 1887 - 1931

country: Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

subjects: Cartes-de-visite Photography Women


title: Albumen print of U.S. 25th Infantry Regiment Company H

creator: John C. H. Grabill, American, 1849 - 1903

medium: albumen and silver nitrocellulose on paper cardboard

country: United States, Great Plains, North and Central America

subjects:
Albumen print
Photography
U.s. history, 1865-1921
American west
Buffalo soldier
Military


title: Account of taxable property, including enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

creator: Rouzee Family, American

date: October 18, 1819

country: Essex County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Financial record
Slavery
Law
Finance
Agriculture
Business

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family


title: Cabinet card of an unidentified seated man with a beard by Ball & Sons

creator: J. P. Ball & Son, American, 1845 - 1904

medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount

country: Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
American west
Business


title: Floral peach brocade evening jacket

medium: silk brocade, crepe de chine, and metal

subjects:
Jacket
Flowers
Clothing and dress
Fashion

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane


title: Rock from Robert S. Jennings WW II posting with 56th Aviation Squadron

creator: Robert Sydnor Jennings, American, 1913 - 1991

date: October 10, 1942

medium: ink on rock

country: Fresno, California, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Rock painting
Ww ii
Military
World war, 1939-1945

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Ara Belle Brown Jennings and Robert Sydnor Jennings (La Vinia Delois Jennings, Executrix) Oct. 2022


title: Photograph of two girls standing in front of a door

creator: S. E. Morgan, American

date: late 19th century

country: Cullman, Cullman County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
Family


title: Photographic postcard of a woman

creator: The Rex Photo Studio, American

medium: silver and photographic gelatin on paper, ink on paper

country: 6255 1/2 Frankstown Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

subjects: Portrait Photography


title: Snuff stick

medium: wood

country: Glynn County, Georgia, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America

subjects:
Snuff spoon
Slavery
Tobacco

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey


title: Midwife's Certificate of Retirement presented to Susie Carey with memorial poem

creator: Virginia Department of Health, American

country: Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Certificate
Medicine
Women
Black enterprise
Rural life
Communitie
Health
Midwifery
Family
Motherhood

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Fannie Mae Carter Silver


title: Gelatin silver print of a line of guests arriving behind a velvet rope

creator: Martin Harris

medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic gelatin

country: United States, North and Central America

subjects: United states, north and central america


title: Faux fur black pillbox hat

medium: synthetic faux fur, elastic, buckram, and synthetic

subjects:
Pillboxe (hats)
Millinery
Clothing and dress
Fashion


title: Tintype of a seated young woman

medium: silver on photographic plates

subjects:
Tintype
Photography
Women
Group identity

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Michele Austin Dennehy


title: Tie rod

subjects:
Ironwork
Skilled labor
Architecture
Labor union


title: Pinback button advocating for education in Harlem

medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic

country: Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Button (information artifacts)
Activism
Education
Urban life

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray


title: Placard with "Stop the War on Black America" used at protests in Washington, DC

creator: Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R.), American, founded 2001

medium: ink on paper with wood

country: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Picket sign
Justice
Resistance
Activism
Police brutality
Black live matter
Politic
U.s. history, 2001

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eugene Puryear


title: Gelatin silver print of four 1927 Mississippi River flood images

creator: Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851

medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

country: Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

subjects: Great migration (african american), 1910-1930


title: Fedora worn by Michael Jackson during Victory tour

creator: Maddest Hatter, American

medium: felt with silk, leather, and metal

subjects:
Fedora
Music
Clothing and dress


title: Flier for “Chief Rocker Busy Bee’s Birthday”

creator: Unidentified

date: October 25, 1980

medium: ink on paper (fiber product)

country: Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Flier (printed matter)
Design
Nightlife
Graphic arts
Hip-hop (music)
Disco (music)
Rapper (musicians)
Djs (musicians)
Urban life


title: Gelatin silver print of Mary Church Terrell

creator: Addison N. Scurlock, American, 1883 - 1964

subjects:
Gelatin silver print
Photography
Women
Activism
Social reform
Education

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ray and Jean Langston in memory of Mary Church and Robert Terrell


title: Presentation saber and scabbard used by Colonel Charles Young

creator: S.N. Meyer Military & Society Goods, American, 1871 - 1925

medium: silver, wood and metal

country: Germany, Europe

subjects:
Saber
Germany, europe
U.s. history, 1865-1921
Buffalo soldier
Military

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the children of Carrie E. Broadnax


title: Member badge for the House of Ruth belonging to Josephine B. Tate

creator: Household of Ruth, American, founded 1858

medium: metal and paint

subjects:
Medal
Women
Communitie
Fraternal organization
Association and institution


title: Carte-de-visite of two children

medium: albumen and silver on paper on card mount

subjects: Cartes-de-visite Photography Children


title: Hat with yellow and orange flower appliqué

medium: synthetic taffeta, silk organza, silk synthetic, velvet, silk chiffon, adhesive, and cording

subjects:
Hats
Flowers
Millinery
Clothing and dress
Fashion


title: Wooden school desk from Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church and School

creator: Sears, Roebuck & Co., American, founded 1893

medium: wood and cast iron

country: Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Desk
Education
Segregation
Religion
The black church

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of M. Ann Phillippi and the Dr. George M. and Betty Phillippi Family


title: <I>Loading the "Chuck" Wagon</I>

medium: ink on paper

country: Chinook, Blaine County, Montana, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Picture postcard
Photography
Cooking
American west
Labor union
Dinner and dining

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture


title: Film box from the studio of H.C. Anderson

creator: Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889

medium: cardboard

subjects:
Boxe (containers)
Photography
Black enterprise
American south
Communitie
Segregation
Business


title: Deed of transfer of enslaved persons from the estate of Richard Rouzee

subjects:
Financial record
Slavery
Women
Law
Finance
Men
Family
Agriculture
Domestic slave trade
Children
Business


title: Subwoofer for DJ setup

creator: Altel Sound Systems, American, founded 1973

medium: wood with metal and plastic

country: Altel Sound Systems, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Audio equipment
Hip-hop (music)


title: Cabinet card of a man standing in front of buildings

creator: W. H. Jackson & Co. Photographers, American

medium: photographic gelatin and silver nitrate on photographic paper on card mount

country: Denver, Colorado, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Cabinet photograph
Photography
American west


title: Table fork used by Lavinia Whiteside Carrington

creator: Hall & Elton, American

date: after 1867

medium: silver

country: Austin, Texas, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Fork
Cooking
Domestic life
Dinner and dining
Family

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Carrington/Lyons Collection


title: Seed cleaning screen

date: mid 19th-mid 20th century

medium: metal and wood

subjects:
Agricultural equipment
Slavery
Labor union
Agriculture


title: Microphone covered by crystals used by Janet Jackson

creator: Sennheiser, German, founded 1945

medium: plastic and crystal (lead glass)

subjects:
Microphone
Minerals & gems
Music
Singer (musicians)
Rhythm and blue (music)


title: Sterling spoon engraved for Mary Eliza Church

medium: sterling silver

country: Highland Beach, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Spoon
Cooking
Domestic life
Dinner and dining
Family


title: Postcard of Commencement Hall at Roger Williams University

creator: Lay Brothers Photography, American, 1911 - 1928

country: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Picture postcard
U.s. history, 1865-1921
Correspondence


title: Flyer Advertising an Evening with Angela Davis

creator: The Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund, American, founded 1972

date: July 1972

country: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Flier (printed matter)
Prison
Resistance
Latin jazz (music)
Activism
Politic
Black power
Nuyorican movement
U.s. history, 1969-2001


title: Rescue basket used during Hurricane Katrina

creator: Life Support International, American

medium: chrome steel

country: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Emergency vehicle
U.s. history, 2001
Military


title: Placard from dance recital performance "Dance to Glory" by Studio A

creator: Studio A Modeling, Etiquette, and Dance Academy, American, founded 2002

medium: plastic and ink and paper (fiber product) and adhesive on cardboard with wood

country: Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

subjects:
Sign
Justice
Police brutality
Violence
Black live matter
Dance
Politic
U.s. history, 2001
Race relation

credit_line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Studio A Modeling, Etiquette and Dance Academy of Baltimore, MD