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Chromogenic print of the tombstone of Perry William Cloman

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: Cloman, Percy William, American, 1897 - 1921

Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 3 1/2 × 4 3/8 in. (8.9 × 11.1 cm)

Type: photographs

Place depicted: Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1980

Description: A color photograph of the headstone of Percy William Cloman, brother of Eunice Jackson. The gravestone is a stone marker, surrounded by browning grass and some leaves. Carved at the top of the gravestone is a recessed cross. Engraved below the cross is: [PERCY WILLIAM CLOMAN/ OKLAHOMA/ SGT CO M 65 PIONEER INF/ WORLD WAR I/ JUNE 17, 1897 March 19, 1921]. The photograph has curved corners.

Topic: African American; American South; American West; Communities; Military; World War I

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

Object number: 2014.75.58

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title: The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

The Comet

Published by: Booker T. Washington High School, American, founded 1913
Signed by: W. D. Williams, 1905 - 1984

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 1/2 in. (28.6 x 22.2 x 1.3 cm); Open Flat: 11 3/8 × 17 13/16 × 2 1/8 in. (28.9 × 45.2 × 5.4 cm)

Type: school yearbooks

Place depicted: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1948

Description: A high school yearbook for Booker T. Washington High School called "The Comet." The cover of the yearbook is yellow with black text. At top center are the words “The Comet” next to a black star. At the bottom right is “1948.” At the bottom of the cover is “Booker T. Washington High School. The back cover is signed “Wm. D. Williams.”

Topic: African American; American South; American West; Communities; Education; United States--History--1945-1953

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams

Object number: 2013.79.25

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Exhibition: Power of Place
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Banner used by the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, American, founded 1896; Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, American, founded 1910

Medium: silk (fiber), wood, paint
Dimensions: H x W x D (2010.2.2a-d): 38 × 41 × 1 3/8 in. (96.5 × 104.1 × 3.5 cm); H x W (2010.2.2a): 36 × 29 in. (91.4 × 73.7 cm); H x W x D (2010.2.bc): 1 9/16 × 36 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (4 × 93.3 × 4 cm); H x W x D (2010.2.2d): 1 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 5 1/2 in. (4 × 4 × 14 cm)

Type: banners

Place collected: Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1924

Description: A purple silk banner with gold fringe created for the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. The message "OKLAHOMA / FEDERATION / OF / COLORED WOMEN / 1910" is painted across the banner in large gold letters. The bottom of the banner is scalloped and has an attached length of fringe. The top of the banner has a sewn loop running its length for a rod (2010.2.2b) to be inserted. There is a strip of gold fringe sewn just below this loop. The rod is currently stored in place in the banner. It is painted gold at the ends and has two carved wooden finial painted gold. 2010.2.2c is attached to the rod and 2010.2.2d is detached.

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; American West; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Communication; Communities; Political organizations; Politics (Practical); United States--History--1865-1921; Women

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

Object number: 2010.2.2a-d

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Textiles; Memorabilia and Ephemera
Exhibition: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Envelope for the Cathrell Printing Company

Printed by: Cathrell Printing Company, American
Subject of: Cathrell, Sally J., 1893 - 1970; Cathrell, Walter B., American, 1884 - 1924

Medium: ink on paper with adhesive
Dimensions: H x W x D (2013.46.25.264.1): 3 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 1/16 in. (9.2 × 16.5 × 0.1 cm); H x W x D (2013.46.25.264.2): 3 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 1/16 in. (9.2 × 16.5 × 0.1 cm)

Type: envelopes

Place printed: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America

Date: early 20th-mid 20th century

Description: Two identical envelopes with a return address for the Cathrell Printing Company. The envelope is white paper with blue text at the top left corner. The text reads, [CATHRELL PRTG. CO. / 4134 FINNEY AVENUE / SAINT LOUIS, MO.]. The back of the envelope is blank.

Topic: African American; American West; Business; Correspondence

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

Object number: 2013.46.25.264.1-.2

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title: The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Banner with motto of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs

Created by: Unidentified
Used by: Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, American, founded 1910
Subject of: National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, American, founded 1896

Medium: silk (fiber), wood, paint
Dimensions: 2010.2.1a: 37 1/4 × 31 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (94.6 × 80 × 3.5 cm); 2010.2.1b: 13/16 × 31 1/2 × 13/16 in. (2.1 × 80 × 2.1 cm)

Type: banners

Place collected: Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1924

Description: A purple silk banner with gold fringe and the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs' motto, "LIFTING / AS / WE CLIMB" painted in large gold letters. The banner was used by the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. T Above the words is a painted design of three interlocking triangles, the center of which is filled with the two on either side in outline. The bottom of the banner is scalloped and has an attached length of fringe. The top of the banner has a sewn loop running its length for a rod (2010.2.1b) to be inserted. There is a strip of gold fringe sewn just below this loop. The rod is currently stored in place in the banner. It is painted gold at the ends and has a dowel inserted at the end of the proper left side with a hole for a dowel on the proper right side.

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; American West; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Communication; Communities; Political organizations; Politics (Practical); United States--History--1865-1921; Women

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

Object number: 2010.2.1abc

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Exhibition: Making a Way Out of No Way
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Crew jacket worn by Bob Minor on the set of Posse

Created by: Unidentified
Worn by: Bob Minor, American, born 1944

Medium: leather, metal, thread, padding (material)
Dimensions: H x W x D (On form): 35 × 31 1/2 in. (88.9 × 80 cm)

Type: jackets

Place used: Arizona, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1993

Description: A black long-sleeve leather jacket decorated with fringe. Collared, silver zipper down front center with overlapping flap, which extends to a point on the PL top and buttons onto the PR upper chest, cinched at waist and cuffed with stretchy fleece-like fabric. Black leather at the top, with the fringe running at the bottom edge of the leather, from PL to PR shoulder in a wave-like orientation across the front of the chest, around the shoulders, and across the back in the same pointed wave-like line. Fringe also runs down back of each sleeve, and hangs past cuffed sleeve at the bottom. The fringe separates the fabric styles of the jacket: above the fringe is leather, below is mainly fleece-like fabric. Sewn onto the back is a patch (a black circular patch with a gold [P] in the center and bordered around the circumference with gold-colored thread) with [POSSE] in gold-colored thread underneath. The same circular patch is sewn to the PL upper chest of the front of the jacket as well. On interior zipper of PL side of jacket front, handwritten in white paint, reads [-Bob Minor-]. Small interior tag, white with black type, reads [XL] on inside of collar.

Topic: African American; Actors; American West; Clothing and dress; Costume; Film; Hollywood (Film); Labor

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bob Minor, Stuntman, Stunt Coordinator, 2nd Unit Director, Actor

Object number: 2014.303.1

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Clothing-Costume

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The Exile

16mm motion picture film of The Exile

Created by: Bowser, Pearl, American, born 1931
Directed by: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951
Owned by: Bowser, Pearl, American, born 1931

Medium: 16mm Film (a): acetate film;; 16mm Film (b): acetate film;; 16mm Film (c): acetate film;
Dimensions: Duration (Reel 1): 32 Minutes; Length (Film): 1140 Feet; Duration (Reel 2): 28 Minutes; Length (Film): 1000 Feet; Duration (Reel 3): 19 Minutes; Length (Film): 700 Feet

Type: motion pictures (information artifacts)

Place filmed: Greenwich Village, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America; South Dakota, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1931

Description: This 16mm black and white feature film, "The Exile", was Oscar Micheaux's first "talkie" (a feature film with a synchronized audio/dialogue track). The film was based on his novel "The Conquest, The Story of a Negro Pioneer" (1913).; Consists of: 16mm Film (a), 16mm Film (b), 16mm Film (c), Original Film Reel (d); 2012.79.1.30.1a: Reel 1, 2012.79.1.30.1b: Reel 2, 2012.79.1.30.1c: Reel 3: 16mm film.; Edith Duval, a former maid, occupies a Southside Chicago mansion after it is abandoned by its wealthy meat packer owner. She is part of a wild crowd that likes to gamble, dance and have a good time. One night, when she throws a huge party for her friends, Jean Baptiste, a sincere young black man, draws her away from the crowd and confesses his love for her. Edith is delighted and tells Jean her plans to turn the house into a gambling club. Outraged by the suggestion, Jean declares his desire to take her away to a farm in South Dakota to earn an honest living. Edith, however, scornfully sends him away. Five years later, Jean has become such a successful farmer that he needs a hand with the chores and asks his new neighbors for help. Jean and the head of the family agree that the son will work for him. Meanwhile, Agnes, the daughter, is very attracted to Jean and, although he returns her love, he breaks off the romance because she is white and he is afraid that she will face a difficult life if they marry. Brokenhearted, Jean returns to Chicago. There, he visits Edith's nightclub, and determined to put Agnes behind him, he proposes to Edith again. This time she happily accepts. Unfortunately, an old lover of Edith shoots her in a jealous rage and Jean is accused of her murder. Upon seeing his name in the paper, Agnes decides to go to his aid. Her father agrees, and before she goes, he tells her that her mother was of Ethiopian descent, so it is all right for her to marry Jean. Just as she arrives in Chicago, she meets Jean, who has been completely cleared of the crime. The two set off for a happy married life in South Dakota.

Topic: African American; American West; Film; Literature

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser

Object number: 2012.79.1.30.1abc

Restrictions & Rights: Public Domain

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Collection title: Pearl Bowser Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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Two Gun Man From Harlem

16mm motion picture film of Two Gun Man From Harlem

Directed by: Kahn, Richard C., American, 1897 - 1960
Written by: Kahn, Richard C., American, 1897 - 1960
Subject of: Jeffries, Herb, American, 1913 - 2014; Brooks, Clarence, American, 1896 - 1969; Moreland, Mantan, American, 1902 - 1973; Williams, Spencer, American, 1893-1969

Medium: 16mm Film (a): acetate film;; 16mm Film (b): acetate film;
Dimensions: Duration: 66 Minutes; Length (Film Reel 1): 600 Feet; Length (Film Reel 2): 1600 Feet

Type: motion pictures (information artifacts)

Place depicted: Wyoming, United States, North and Central America
Place filmed: Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1938

Caption: When a cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder, he assumes the identity of a Harlem gangster; to whom he bears a striking resemblance.
Description: 2015.167.21.1ab: 16mm black and white films.; Framed for his boss' murder by the victim's unfaithful wife, Bob Blake (A.K.A. 'The Singing Cowboy') escapes to New York. In Harlem he meets his look-alike, a gangster named Deacon. When Deacon is killed by a rival gang, Bob, disguised as the dead gangster, returns to his home town to clear his name.; Source:; WorldCat. Accessed on August 12, 2016 (https://www.worldcat.org/title/two-gun-man-from-harlem/oclc/32249820&referer=brief_results)

Topic: African American; American West; Race films; Urban life; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman

Object number: 2015.167.21.1ab

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Collection title: Nieman Film Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

The Bronze Buckaroo

16mm motion picture film of The Bronze Buckaroo

Directed by: Kahn, Richard C., American, 1897 - 1960
Subject of: Jeffries, Herb, American, 1913 - 2014; Williams, Spencer, American, 1893-1969; Brooks, Clarence, American, 1896 - 1969

Medium: 16mm Film (a): acetate film;; 16mm Film (b): acetate film;
Dimensions: Duration: 60 Minutes; Length (Film Reel 1): 1200 Feet; Length (Film Reel 2): 900 Feet

Type: motion pictures (information artifacts)

Place depicted: Arizona, United States, North and Central America
Place filmed: San Bernardino County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1939

Caption: A group of cowboys search for their friend, who has recently gone missing. During their search, they uncover a bitter land dispute between their missing friend and his neighbor.
Description: 2015.167.4.1ab: 16mm Black and White film.; This film is a roaring round-up of song-studded thrills in this 1938 western featuring an all black cast in a Richard C. Kahn production.; The film is about five cowboys led by Bob Blake that ride from Texas to help their friend, Joe Jackson, who has moved to Arizona for his health. At the Jackson ranch, his sly assistant, Slim Perkins, throws his voice, using ventriloquism to convince foolish "Dusty" that the mule "Gabriel" talks. Bob learns from Joe's sister Betty that Joe disappeared three weeks before and is reminded that her father had vanished in a similar manner and later had turned up dead. The cowboys drift into town to learn what they can. Dusty and a companion enter a saloon, where brutish cowhand Pete shoots his partner in a card game and then forces Dusty to smoke four cigars at once. Bob enters to interrupt the bully and the two have a fistfight. Dusty, who has purchased Gabriel for twelve dollars, is angry that the mule does not talk for him, but finds Slim's book on ventriloquism. Later, Dusty tells Slim that he is teaching Gabriel to recite poetry, then loses his clothes in a crooked poker game with Slim. Bob visits Buck Thorn, a neighbor of the Jacksons' who has offered to buy their ranch, and employs Pete and some other tough cowhands. While riding together, Bob and Betty encounter Uncle, a codger who informs them that he mailed a letter from Joe to Bob a few weeks earlier, a letter he found unstamped and lying on the ground underneath a window of the saloon. Bob enters the saloon, pretending to be drunk. Upstairs, Buck, Pete and their henchmen try to force Joe to sign a deed to his land over to them because it contains a mine worth one million dollars in gold. Bob finds them and pulls a gun but is knocked over the head by the bartender. A shootout breaks out downstairs when his friends come to his rescue. Returning to the ranch, they discover that Betty is gone. She has left to follow Pete, who carries a message that Joe is hurt, and is captured. Buck has Joe branded with a hot iron, and Betty is threatened with the same treatment. Meanwhile, Betty's horse returns to the ranch and Bob and his friends follow the animal's tracks. They are caught by Pete, but escape when Slim throws his voice to make them think others have arrived. During a gunfight among the rocks, the sheriff and his men are led to the scene by Dusty riding Gabriel, and Dusty shoots Pete. Dusty then wins back his clothes and twelve dollars from Slim by using ventriloquism to impersonate Gabriel reciting a satirical poem, while Bob and Betty ride off together.; Sources:; AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Accessed on August 9, 2016 (http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2235); Worldcat. Accessed on August 9, 2016 (http://www.worldcat.org/title/bronze-buckaroo/oclc/30820246&referer=brief_results)

Topic: African American; American West; Race films

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman

Object number: 2015.167.4.1ab

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Collection title: Nieman Film Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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Harlem Rides the Range

16mm motion picture film of Harlem Rides the Range

Directed by: Kahn, Richard C., American, 1897 - 1960
Written by: Williams, Spencer, American, 1893-1969
Subject of: Jeffries, Herb, American, 1913 - 2014

Medium: 16mm Film (a): acetate film;; 16mm Film (b): acetate film;
Dimensions: Duration: 58 Minutes; Length (Film Reel 1): 1100 Feet; Length (Film Reel 2): 1100 Feet

Type: motion pictures (information artifacts)

Place depicted: Arizona, United States, North and Central America
Place filmed: Sindewinder Valley, Apple Valley, San Bernadino County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1939

Caption: In this American black cowboy film, a cowboy and his sidekick try to help his girlfriend's father from being cheated out of his property.
Description: 2015.167.9.1ab: 16mm black and white films.; A cowboy and his sidekick that try to help a homesteader from being cheated out of his property.; Bradley and his henchman, Jim Connors, visit rancher Dennison to remind him that his mortgage is due and announces that they will either take a fifty-percent share of his mine or foreclose on him. When Bradley and Connors inform Dennison that they have stolen his radium samples, a struggle ensues and Dennison is apparently killed by Connors. Connors and Bradley quickly hide the body and flee. Later, two riders from Amarillo, Texas, Bob Blake and his lazy partner Dusty, enter the Dennison ranch hoping to find employment or dinner and discover blood on a table. After discouraging Dusty from stealing a tin of food, Bob sights a picture of a lovely girl and takes it. During target practice on the nearby Watson ranch, Mr. Watson agrees to hire Bob and Dusty for thirty dollars a month plus food. At Watson's ranch, Dusty recognizes Connors' horse as the one he saw fleeing the Dennison ranch and learns that Connors is the ranch foreman. Meanwhile, Cactus, a ranch hand, tells Watson that his buddy Tex has disappeared and leaves to look for him. Noticing Connors leaving late at night, Bob follows him into a trap, but bests him in a fistfight. The next morning, Watson fires Connors and makes Bob the new foreman. After Watson and Bob encounter Cactus burying Tex, they fetch the sheriff to pay a visit to the Dennison ranch. There they find a can of spilled tomato juice and believe that Bob and Dusty mistook for it blood. When Connors demands one hundred dollars from Bradley to keep quiet, Bradley kills him and throws suspicion on Bob. The sheriff arrests Bob, and Dusty insists on accompanying him to jail. When the sheriff tells Bradley that Watson has received a letter from Dennison's daughter Margaret saying that she will be arriving with $6,000 to pay off her father's debts, Bradley decides that she too must be killed. After escaping through the use of a rope trick, Bob sets out to rescue Margaret. Meanwhile, Cactus finds the sheriff locked up and shows him a letter that explains Bradley's duplicity. Bob and Margaret ride from the deserted train station to make their stand against Bradley's men. During the subsequent gun battle, Bob runs out of ammunition, but the sheriff, Watson and others ride up in time to capture Bradley and his men. Cactus then shoots Bradley to avenge Tex. Returning to the ranch, Bob and Dusty find that Dennison has recovered and has been hiding in his mine, and that it was he who spilled the tomato juice on the table. When Bob tries to return Margaret's photograph, she shows her affection for him by giving it back to him.; Source: AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Accessed on August 10, 2016 (http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2234)

Topic: African American; American West; Business; Race films; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman

Object number: 2015.167.9.1ab

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Collection title: Nieman Film Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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Wedding scrapbook compiled by Lollaretta Pemberton

Manufactured by: C.R. Gibson and Company, American, founded 1870
Subject of: Allen, Lollaretta Pemberton, American, 1895 - 1979; Allen, Grover Joseph, American, 1889 - 1984

Medium: leather, ink on paper, newsprint and pressure-sensitive tape
Dimensions: Closed: 10 3/4 × 8 1/8 × 3/8 in. (27.3 × 20.6 × 1 cm)

Type: scrapbooks

Place depicted: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America; Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1939

Description: This is a "Wedding Memories" scrapbook made by Lollaretta Pemberton for her wedding to Grover Allen on July 10, 1939. The scrapbook has a white leather cover with stylized gold-leaf leaves and the words "Wedding Memories" embossed across the front. Inside Lollaretta included her wedding invitation, a newspaper clipping of her dream wedding dress, and lists of guests and their gifts.
Transcription Center Status: Transcribed by digital volunteers

Topic: African American; American West; Communities; Families; United States--Social life and customs

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Rita C. Organ and Pemberton Family

Object number: 2012.30.5

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Exhibition: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Troop A, Ninth U.S. Cavalry -- Famous Indian Fighters

Photograph by: Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901
Published by: Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s
Subject of: 9th Cavalry Regiment, American, founded 1866

Medium: albumen and silver on paper with cardboard
Dimensions: H x W (Image and card): 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)

Type: albumen prints; stereographs

Date: 1898

Description: A stereograph produced by Underwood & Underwood, dated 1898, of an outdoor scene titled: "Troop A, Ninth U.S. Cavalry -- Famous Indian Fighters/ Copyright 1898 by Strohmeyer & Wyman", below the image. The stereograph is rectangular in shape with two identical albumen photographs that are square-shaped with a curved top edge attached to a piece of cardboard. Both images feature Troop A of the Ninth U.S. Calvary in an open field posed on horse back in a military formation. The left edge of the stereograph contains the following textual information: "Strohmeyer & Wyman, Publishers/ New York, NY"" while the right side contains the following textual information: "Sold only by Underwood & Underwood/ New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas".

Topic: African American; American West; Buffalo Soldiers; Military; Photography

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

Object number: 2011.155.175

Restrictions & Rights: 1898 by Strohmeyer & Wyman

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River

Bloodstained map from Bleeding Kansas-era

Created by: Nicollet, J. N., French, 1786 - 1843
Owned by: Hoyt, David, American, 1821 - 1856

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 19 x 32 in. (48.3 x 81.3 cm)

Type: maps

Place used: Douglas County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1843

Caption: This bloodstained map depicting the Mississippi River Basin was owned by David Starr Hoyt, an abolitionist murdered by pro-slavery forces near Lawrence, Kansas, in August 1856.
Description: A bloodstained map, black ink on white paper, depicting the Mississippi River Basin, an area that includes contemporary Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas. The map was reportedly owned by David Hoyt, an abolitionist who died supporting the cause.

Topic: African American; American West; Antislavery; Slavery; United States--History--1815-1861; Violence

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

Object number: 2011.23.1

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials; Slavery and Freedom Objects
Exhibition: Slavery and Freedom
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Letter to the parents of David Hoyt from James F. Legate

Created by: Legate, James F., American, 1829 - 1902
Subject of: Hoyt, David, American, 1821 - 1856

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 7 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. (20 x 13 cm)

Type: letters (correspondence)

Place depicted: Douglas County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
Place made: Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 11, 1856

Caption: A handwritten letter offering the condolences of abolitionist James F. Legate to the parents of David Starr Hoyt after Hoyt's murder by pro-slavery forces near Lawrence, Kansas, in August 1856.
Description: A letter, handwritten in black ink on white paper, offering the condolences of James F. Legate to the parents of David Hoyt on the occasion of Hoyt's death.
Transcription Center Status: Transcribed by digital volunteers

Topic: African American; American West; Antislavery; Correspondence; Slavery; United States--History--1815-1861; Violence

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

Object number: 2011.23.2

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials; Slavery and Freedom Objects

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph of a man and woman in front of car

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (7 x 11.4 cm)

Type: photographs; portraits

Place depicted: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1921

Description: A black-and-white photograph of a man and a woman standing in front of an automobile. The man wears a three-piece suit and wraps his arms around the shoulders of the woman, who wears a dress and jacket. Stamped on the back is [34].

Topic: African American; American South; American West; Photography; Transportation

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams

Object number: 2011.60.6

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Admission ticket for the Second Annual Monterey Jazz Festival

Created by: Unidentified
Owned by: Gleason, Ralph Joseph, American, 1917 - 1975

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (3.8 x 8.9 cm)

Type: admission tickets

Place depicted: Monterey, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1959

Description: A pink admission ticket with black text for the Second Annual Monterey Jazz Festival held at the Monterey County Fairgrounds on Oct. 4, 1959. On the proper left edge of the ticket is text that reads [14 Box 7 Seat].

Topic: African American; American West; Amusements; Jazz (Music)

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

Object number: 2011.68.5.1

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera

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Official pass for the Monterey Jazz Festival

Created by: Unidentified
Owned by: Gleason, Ralph Joseph, American, 1917 - 1975
Signed by: Hallett, Hal

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 2 1/4 x 4 in. (5.7 x 10.2 cm)

Type: passes (tickets)

Date: 1958

Description: A pink pass with black lettering and handwritten notations for the 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival that belonged to Ralph Gleason. The black printed text reads: [OFFICIALS / PASS / MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL / OCT 3-4-5, 1958]. The handwritten text in blue ink reads: [Ralph Gleason, San Francisco, Calif. Director]. The pass is signed by Hal Hallett.

Topic: African American; American West; Amusements; Jazz (Music)

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

Object number: 2011.68.5.2

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Exhibition: Musical Crossroads
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Graduation portrait of Octavia C. Long

Photograph by: Squires, Constant F., American, 1871 - 1916
Subject of: Long, Octavia C., American, 1885 - 1920

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 9 x 5 1/4 in. (22.9 x 13.3 cm)

Type: cabinet photographs; gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place captured: Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America

Date: June 1909

Description: A black-and-white photograph, matted and framed by brown cardboard, and laminated in plastic. The woman wears a college graduate's cap and gown. Her name, Octavia C. Long, is written on the back in pencil.

Topic: African American; American South; American West; Communities; Education; Photography; United States--Social life and customs; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett

Object number: 2011.79.10

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Broadside for a revival at Antioch Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Clarence M. Long

Printed by: Unidentified
Subject of: Rev. Long, Clarence M., American, born 1890

Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions: H x W: 13 x 9 in. (33 x 22.9 cm)

Type: broadsides

Place used: East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1936

Description: A broadside promoting a revival hosted by the Antioch Baptist Church In East Orange, NJ with Dr. Clarence. M. Long. The broadside consists of black text on yellowed paper; a portrait of Dr. Long is in the center.

Topic: African American; American South; American West; Communities; Preaching; Religious groups

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett

Object number: 2011.79.11

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

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Flier advertising S.S. Jones farewell meeting

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936

Medium: ink on paper, plastic laminate
Dimensions: H x W: 10 x 7 3/4 in. (25.4 x 19.7 cm)

Type: fliers (printed matter)

Place used: Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1924

Description: A flier promoting a farewell meeting for S.S. Jones before he leaves the country for a tour of Europe and the Holy Land. The flier is backed by heavier paper and covered by plastic laminate. A black-and-white image of the church is featured front and center with an image of S.S. Jones in the top right of that frame. At the top is the text [The Master Calleth Me!].

Topic: African American; American South; American West; Communities; Men; Religious groups; Travel

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett

Object number: 2011.79.12

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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