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    Six colors of thread from Mae's Millinery Shop

    Compiled by
    Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
    Owned by
    Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
    Subject of
    Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
    Date
    1941-1994
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 051
    Exhibition
    Power of Place
    Medium
    cotton thread, plastic, wood, and metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (2010.6.68.1): 1 7/8 x 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 in. (4.8 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm)
    H x W x D (2010.6.68.2): 1 3/4 x 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 in. (4.4 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm)
    H x W x D (2010.6.68.3): 1 3/4 x 1 11/16 x 1 5/8 in. (4.4 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm)
    H x W x D (2010.6.68.4): 1 1/4 x 1 x 1 in. (3.2 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm)
    H x W x D (2010.6.68.5): 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (0.6 x 14.6 x 3.5 cm)
    H x W x D (2010.6.68.6): 7/16 x 3/4 x 3/4 in. (1.1 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm)
    Description
    f
    Place collected
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    spools
    Topic
    Business
    Women
    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.
    Object number
    2010.6.68.1-.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a195fe35-5a46-49ec-9440-0afcfdfd08df
  • Printing plate of Venice Spraggs used by The Chicago Defender

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Spraggs, Venice, 1905 - 1956
    Used by
    The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
    Date
    ca. 1950
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 051
    Exhibition
    Power of Place
    Medium
    zinc
    Dimensions
    5 9/16 x 3 7/8 x 1/16 in. (14.1 x 9.8 x 0.2 cm)
    Description
    Printing plate of a bust-length portrait of Venice Spraggs. The bottom left and bottom right corners have accretions. On the back in black pigment, [VENICE / Spraggs / SPRA-[illegible] / 51, -[illegible]]
    Place collected
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    printing plates
    portraits
    Topic
    Business
    Communication
    Technology
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Object number
    2012.18.5.103
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58efdd37c-cfa8-4419-bca9-4f0d7479a774
  • Printing plate of an unidentified Woolsey Hall employee

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Used by
    The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
    Subject of
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Date
    ca. 1950
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 050
    Exhibition
    Making a Way Out of No Way
    Medium
    zinc
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 5 9/16 x 3 7/8 x 1/16 in. (14.1 x 9.8 x 0.2 cm)
    Description
    Printing plate of a man in a three piece suit and bowtie talking on a phone. Written on the back is [Woolsey Hall / Treas Employee].
    Place collected
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    printing plates
    portraits
    Topic
    Business
    Communication
    Photography
    Technology
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Object number
    2012.18.5.122
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd579942813-62ee-46b9-9dcc-be9de45cde10
  • Printing plate of Gwendolyn Brooks used by The Chicago Defender

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Gwendolyn Brooks, American, 1917 - 2000
    Used by
    The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
    Date
    ca. 1950
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 051
    Exhibition
    Power of Place
    Medium
    zinc
    Dimensions
    5 9/16 x 3 7/8 x 1/16 in. (14.1 x 9.8 x 0.2 cm)
    Description
    Printing plate of Gwendolyn Brooks. There are accretions on the bottom left and right corners of the plate. On the back, [GWENDOLYN BROOKS].
    Place collected
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    printing plates
    portraits
    Topic
    Business
    Communication
    Technology
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Object number
    2012.18.5.128
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c46defd3-b250-46ea-8026-9e391299ae49
  • Printing plate of Bob Wilson

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Used by
    The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
    Date
    ca. 1950
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 050
    Exhibition
    Making a Way Out of No Way
    Medium
    zinc
    Dimensions
    5 9/16 x 3 7/8 x 1/16 in. (14.1 x 9.8 x 0.2 cm)
    Description
    Printing plate of Bob Wilson. The image shows Wilson reading from a book while wearing a suit and tie. Written on the back is [BOB WILSON].
    Place collected
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    printing plates
    portraits
    Topic
    Business
    Communication
    Technology
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Object number
    2012.18.5.139
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd587f134bf-b93b-4ce7-b751-5f2b577f4077
  • Printing plate of Jacqueline Le Protti

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Le Protti, Jacqueline, born 1923
    Used by
    The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
    Date
    ca. 1950
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 050
    Exhibition
    Making a Way Out of No Way
    Medium
    zinc
    Dimensions
    5 9/16 x 3 7/8 x 1/16 in. (14.1 x 9.8 x 0.2 cm)
    Description
    Printing plate of Jacqueline Le Protti in nurse uniform, possibly for her graduation from nursing school in 1944. Written on the back is [Jacqueline Le Protti].
    Place collected
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    printing plates
    portraits
    Topic
    Business
    Medicine
    Technology
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Object number
    2012.18.5.16
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57cebd3a0-5ada-4e83-8c87-27b6e458a401
  • Printing plate of Leontyne Price

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Price, Leontyne, American, born 1927
    Used by
    The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
    Date
    ca. 1950
    Medium
    zinc
    Dimensions
    5 9/16 x 3 7/8 x 1/16 in. (14.1 x 9.8 x 0.2 cm)
    Description
    Printing plate of Leontyne Price singing in front of a CBS radio microphone. There is significant loss of the image around her face, possibly from surface abrasion. The plate is irregular, the top right corner having been cut away or otherwise removed. Written of the back is [Leontyne Price] as well as an obscured photographer's stamp.
    Place collected
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    printing plates
    portraits
    Topic
    Business
    Radio
    Singers (Musicians)
    Technology
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Object number
    2012.18.5.23
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5874e3e79-2b4d-48cb-b0bc-13a67ef1935a
  • Printing plate of a man in service uniform

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Used by
    The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
    Subject of
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Date
    ca. 1950
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 050
    Exhibition
    Making a Way Out of No Way
    Medium
    zinc
    Dimensions
    5 9/16 x 3 7/8 x 1/16 in. (14.1 x 9.8 x 0.2 cm)
    Description
    Printing plate of an unidentified man in service dress shirt and tie. The man wears campaign ribbons on his chest and a pin, likely of crossed rifles, on his collar. Written on the back is ["DEEP ARE THE ROOTS"].
    Place collected
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    printing plates
    portraits
    Topic
    Business
    Military
    Technology
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Object number
    2012.18.5.28
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ef1218fe-b4a7-492a-a08e-493c0f012fda
  • Printing plate of Marian Anderson

    Photograph by
    Unidentified
    Used by
    The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
    Subject of
    Anderson, Marian, American, 1897 - 1993
    Date
    ca. 1950
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 050
    Exhibition
    Making a Way Out of No Way
    Medium
    zinc
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 5 3/4 × 3 15/16 × 1/16 in. (14.6 × 10 × 0.2 cm)
    Description
    A printing plate with an image of Marian Anderson. The plate is rectangular in shape, portrait orientation. The reverse is tan with a red logo printed and repeated (circle with cartoon figure wearing a top hat in the center with [MADE IN U.S.A. / REG.U.S. PAT. OFF] underneath, and [ZOMO ELECTRIC BACKOTE] and [PHOTO ENGRAVERS' METAL] around the edge). A handwritten note on the reverse, in black ink, reads [Marian / Anderson] in the center.
    Place collected
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    printing plates
    portraits
    Topic
    Business
    Photography
    Singers (Musicians)
    Technology
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Object number
    2012.18.5.49
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54a82dad0-0054-4b2d-8222-45929c114094
  • Printing plate of Captain Harry B. Deas used by The Chicago Defender

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Deas, Harry B.
    Used by
    The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
    Date
    ca. 1950
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 051
    Exhibition
    Power of Place
    Medium
    zinc
    Dimensions
    5 9/16 x 3 7/8 x 1/16 in. (14.1 x 9.8 x 0.2 cm)
    Description
    Printing plate of two men raising their hands, possibly administering or pledging an oath. The man on the left wears a tie and jacket with metal buttons and a badge in the shape of a star. The man on the right wears a suit and tie. On the back in black marker, [CAPT. HARRY / B. DEAS / A]
    Place collected
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    printing plates
    portraits
    Topic
    Business
    Communication
    Technology
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Object number
    2012.18.5.81
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5279dec69-5113-45d1-8b01-6a6bc24d7aa2
  • Embosser used by Claflin University

    Manufactured by
    Unidentified
    Used by
    Claflin University, American, founded 1869
    Date
    1870-1900
    On View
    Concourse 2, C 2053
    Exhibition
    Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
    Medium
    paint, cast iron
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 6 7/8 × 6 1/2 × 2 1/8 in. (17.5 × 16.5 × 5.4 cm)
    Description
    A hand-operated embossing machine used by Claflin University. The exterior is painted black, with paint chipping away throughout surface. The embosser stands flat on a beveled base that is curved on two opposing sides, each containing a hole through the base at the end. The mechanism has a long, rounded lever, with a silver plated top on the end, hinged at the body of the embosser on the opposite side, with a spring element underneath, and is used to push the cylinder element into whatever material will be embossed. Below the cylindrical element, there is a two-tiered base, the bottom being circular with relief type (illegible) on the top, the other sitting on the top curved with straight ends in an oblong shape. There is a slit for the material being embossed to slide into between the pedestal and the cylinder. The main body of embosser has a relief 5-point star, painted red, with gold lines coming off of it, on both sides.
    Place used
    Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    tools
    Topic
    American South
    Business
    Education
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
    Segregation
    U.S. History, 1865-1921
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Claflin University
    Object number
    2016.24
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd532c97a89-30d3-4ce1-9293-ff72647ef851
  • Black hat form from Mae's Millinery Shop

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Owned by
    Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
    Subject of
    Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
    Date
    1941-1994
    Medium
    buckram
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 3 1/2 x 7 x 8 1/4 in. (8.9 x 17.8 x 21 cm)
    Description
    A black buckram hat form circular in shape with a flat crown and an even bottom edge.
    Place made
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    headgear
    Topic
    Business
    Clothing and dress
    Fashion
    Women
    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.
    Object number
    2010.6.150
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f3792807-5a1f-4350-8e0a-07cd232167ba
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    Artificial pink flowers from Mae's Millinery Shop

    Manufactured by
    Unidentified
    Owned by
    Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
    Subject of
    Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
    Date
    1941-1994
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 051
    Exhibition
    Power of Place
    Medium
    paper, plastic, wire, and cardboard
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 2 1/2 x 28 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (6.4 x 73 x 15.9 cm)
    Description
    Artificial pink paper flowers on green plastic stems with coiled paper-wrapped wire pieces coming off the stems. The flowers are tied with string to the bottom of the box. White stickers wrapped around the stems of the artificial flowers read "MADE IN CHINA".
    Place collected
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    accessories
    Topic
    Business
    Fashion
    Ornamentation
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
    Object number
    2016.48.105
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59a04d447-e19b-4dc3-86ad-2ec0a6c3a820
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    Hat box filled with tools and materials from Mae's Millinery Shop

    Compiled by
    Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
    Owned by
    Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
    Subject of
    Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
    Date
    1941-1994
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 051
    Exhibition
    Power of Place
    Medium
    plastic, cloth, metal, and paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 12 13/16 x 12 x 12 in. (32.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)
    Description
    Hat box without lid (a) made from a pasteboard bottom printed in cream and gold stripes, and clear plastic sides. The container was used by Mae Reeves to hold the following items:
    (b): Published paper sewing pattern by Kandel Knits for a mini cape, pattern number 653.
    (c): Pair of metal scissors with black painted handles.
    (d): Metal tracing wheel with a marbled cream plastic handle. Made by Dritz.
    (e): Ziploc bag containing a black and white plaid ribbon bow and nine (9) cards wrapped with various finishing tapes and trims.
    (f): Ziploc bag containing seven (7) cards wrapped in black lace, one (1) length of loose black lace, one (1) length of rolled white fabric trim, and one (1) cream lace collar.
    (g): Ziploc bag containing six (6) cards of buttons and seventeen (17) loose buttons, all of various colors and sizes.
    (h): Ziploc bag containing three (3) papers of straight pins, one (1) paper of sewing needles, one (1) case of Singer machine sewing needles, one (1) bag of white sequins, one (1) bag of teal sequins, and two (2) loose gold sequins.
    (i): Seven (7) fake flowers loose in the hat box, including six (6) peach roses and one (1) white carnation on a plastic stem with a pinback attached to it.
    Place collected
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    textiles
    buttons (fasteners)
    pins (fasteners)
    scissors
    needles
    patterns (guides)
    sewing tools and equipment
    hatboxes
    Topic
    Business
    Fashion
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
    Object number
    2016.48.106a-i
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5689aae9e-9a35-4a3b-93f5-0ead5ebd1a04
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    Two pieces of pyrite from the workshop of C. Edgar Patience

    Owned by
    C. Edgar Patience, American, 1906 - 1972
    Date
    n.d.
    Medium
    pyrite
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (.1): 3/8 × 2 15/16 × 3 1/2 in. (1 × 7.4 × 8.9 cm)
    H x W x D (.2): 3/8 × 2 11/16 × 2 15/16 in. (0.9 × 6.8 × 7.5 cm)
    Description
    These two (2) pieces of pyrite were found in the workshop of anthracite coal artist C. Edgar Patience. Both are irregularly shaped unused materials.
    Place collected
    Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    sculpture components
    Topic
    Art
    Craftsmanship
    Folklife
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dr. Juanita Patience Moss and descendants
    Object number
    2016.70.3.1-.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ba76b2a8-e0f6-444b-b1da-75247fed6e87
  • Printing plate of carving designs from the workshop of C. Edgar Patience

    Manufactured by
    Unidentified
    Owned by
    C. Edgar Patience, American, 1906 - 1972
    Date
    ca. 1920
    On View
    Concourse, C X06
    Exhibition
    A Century in the Making
    Medium
    copper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 2 3/16 × 4 1/8 × 1/16 in. (5.5 × 10.5 × 0.2 cm)
    Description
    This copper printing plate from a catalog of designs for carved anthracite coal objects was found in the workshop of C. Edgar Patience. This plate contains designs for sixteen (16) different items, including pendants and pin heads. Each design has a corresponding unique number engraved beneath it. The reverse of the plate has adhesive residue and lengths of tape adhered to it.
    Place collected
    Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    printing plates
    Topic
    Art
    Craftsmanship
    Folklife
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dr. Juanita Patience Moss and descendants
    Object number
    2016.70.4
    Restrictions & Rights
    © C. Edgar Patience
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd543ba6d3d-38db-4c01-861f-5b25866b9e98
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    Needlenose pliers from the workshop of C. Edgar Patience

    Manufactured by
    Unidentified
    Used by
    C. Edgar Patience, American, 1906 - 1972
    Date
    1900-1972
    On View
    Concourse, C X06
    Exhibition
    A Century in the Making
    Medium
    metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 5/16 × 1 9/16 × 5 1/4 in. (0.8 × 4 × 13.3 cm)
    Description
    This pair of needlenose pliers were found in the workshop of C. Edgar Patience. The metal pliers have grated sections on the outside edge of each handle for gripping. Text is engraved on one side of the pin that reads "REUMSHUSSELL / GERMANY".
    Place used
    Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    needlenose pliers
    Topic
    Art
    Craftsmanship
    Folklife
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dr. Juanita Patience Moss and descendants
    Object number
    2016.70.5
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54943a329-3dec-4127-bb77-29d2db4101f7
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    Stencil plate from the workshop of C. Edgar Patience

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Used by
    C. Edgar Patience, American, 1906 - 1972
    Subject of
    CAN DO Inc., American, founded 1960
    Date
    1960-1972
    Medium
    copper, metal, and fiberboard
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 3 7/8 in. (1.9 × 7.7 × 9.8 cm)
    Description
    This copper stencil plate reading "BEST WISHES FOR SUCCESS / FROM / CAN DO, INC." was found in the workshop of C. Edgar Patience. Metal loops protrude from the copper plate to form the interior floating portions of the letters. Two small rectangular pieces of copper sheeting extend from each bottom corner of the stencil. A circular piece of fiberboard is screwed to the center bottom of the stencil plate.
    Place collected
    Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    stencils (tools)
    Topic
    Art
    Craftsmanship
    Folklife
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dr. Juanita Patience Moss and descendants
    Object number
    2016.70.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd527fc19e1-5071-4119-b6ce-009c0b4ec2b0
  • Folding camera owned by Laura Fitzpatrick

    Manufactured by
    Agfa-Gevaert N.V., Belgian, founded 1867
    Owned by
    Fitzpatrick, Laura, American, 1927 - 1987
    Date
    1933-1942
    Medium
    metal , plastic , glass
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (closed): 6 5/16 × 3 9/16 × 1 3/8 in. (16 × 9 × 3.5 cm)
    H x W x D (open): 6 5/16 × 3 9/16 × 5 1/8 in. (16 × 9 × 13 cm)
    Description
    An Afga Billy Record 8.8 folding camera owned and used by Laura Fitzpatrick. The camera uses an Agfa Anastigmat Jgestar 1:8.8/105mm lens and 120 roll film. The silver metal components could be nickel or chrome. On the front of the camera above the fold-out is [Agfa], and below the fold-out reads [BILLY-RECORD]. The aperture ring, depth-of-field scale, and focusing ring read [100 / 50 / 25 / B], [8-5m 5 - 2m / 8-16 feet 16-6 feet], and [16 / 11 / 8.8]. White text around the lens reads [AGFA-ANASTIGMAT-JGESTAR-F: 8.8-].
    Place used
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    cameras
    Topic
    Communities
    Photography
    Social life and customs
    Urban life
    Youth
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of her children in memory of Laura Fitzpatrick
    Object number
    2016.72.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58377d25d-99de-49e2-a5b6-ccb7ac8022de
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    Wooden hat block from Mae's Millinery Shop

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Owned by
    Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
    Subject of
    Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
    Date
    1941-1994
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 051
    Exhibition
    Power of Place
    Medium
    wood
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 6 3/4 × 7 5/16 × 6 3/8 in. (17.1 × 18.6 × 16.2 cm)
    Description
    Carved wooden hat block with a flat base and an asymmetrical curved upper form. There is a large circular hole at the center of the underside of the base.
    Place collected
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
    Type
    hat blocks
    Topic
    Business
    Women
    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.
    Object number
    2010.6.31
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd598787218-df3e-4590-957d-26f33c1d7e96

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