Created by

Unidentified

Medium

iron and brass

Dimensions

H x W x D (closed lock): 4 × 3 × 2 1/4 in. (10.2 × 7.6 × 5.7 cm)

H x W x D (iron key): 2 7/8 × 1 5/16 × 1/4 in. (7.3 × 3.3 × 0.6 cm)

H x W x D (brass key): 2 1/2 × 1 × 3/8 in. (6.4 × 2.5 × 1 cm)

Diameter (iron tag): 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

Diameter (key ring): 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)

Type

padlocks

keys (hardware)

Place used

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

Date

late 19th-early 20th century

Description

A two piece iron padlock with a set of two different keys and a tag. The lock consists of two separate cast iron pieces, the body (a) and the shackle (b). There is a raised five-pointed star around the keyhole. The body contains a cylinder which moves to engage the lock and shackle. The shackle is a “U” shaped cylinder with notches that engage with the cylinder. There is a small rectangular key hole in the oval shaped bottom that has a raised five-pointed star around it. There is a ridge around the circumference of the oval.

The padlock is accompanied by two different keys on a metal key ring (c). There is a cast iron key that has a flat blade with a square or notch like serrations on both sides, and an oval bow with large holes side by side. This key opens the lock. There is also a cast brass skeleton key that has a cylindrical shaft with a rectangular blade at the end with rectangular notches or serrations. The bow is an oval with a double concave hexagonal center slot flanked by two ovals. The third item attached to the ring is a circular flat iron tag.

Topic

African American

Domestic life

Families

Credit Line

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

Object number

2012.42.13abc

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

Tools and Equipment-Personal use

Data Source

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Created by

Enterprise Manufacturing Company of Pennsylvania, American

Medium

cast iron

Dimensions

H x W x D: 5 x 3 13/16 x 6 13/16 in. (12.7 x 9.7 x 17.3 cm)

Type

irons

Place used

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

Place made

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date

after 1870

Description

Cast iron sad iron with a pointed elliptical base where the points are at the front and back of the sad iron. The base has a flat bottom and uniform sides. The top surface has a ridge around the perimeter and two ridges in the center that follow the shape of the base where the handle base sits and is tightened. There is a small tightening knob in the center of the top surface. The top surface has [ENTERPRISE / MFG CO PHILA. PA] in the cast following the shape of the base. There is a half circle cylindrical shaped handle attached at each long end of the base.

Topic

African American

Domestic life

Families

Credit Line

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

Object number

2012.42.2.2

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Tools and Equipment-Domestic

Data Source

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Created by

Unidentified

Medium

silver and reflective glass

Dimensions

H x W x D: 11 5/8 x 4 3/8 x 1 in. (29.5 x 11.1 x 2.5 cm)

Type

hand mirrors

Place used

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

Date

late 19th-early 20th century

Description

A silver handheld mirror with an elongated bulbous handle that narrows before flowing into an oval mirror. The top is adorned in repoussé acanthus scrollwork and the underside holds an oval beveled edge mirror.

Topic

African American

Beauty culture

Domestic life

Families

Credit Line

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

Object number

2012.42.8.1

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

Tools and Equipment-Personal use

Data Source

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Created by

Black, Starr & Frost, American, founded 1810

Medium

silver, horsehair, and wood

Dimensions

H x W x D: 2 x 1 3/4 x 6 in. (5.1 x 4.4 x 15.2 cm)

Type

brushes

Place used

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

Date

late 19th-early 20th century

Description

Decorative silver handled brush. There is a monogrammed engraved "M" at the center of the handle. This brush consists of a comb holder and comb strips of bristles. It is an elongated oval or a rectangle with half circular short ends. The outer covering of the handle is sterling silver with an egg and dart pattern around the circumference of the upper ridge. The silver covers a wooden comb holder insert housing 1 ½” semi-stiff yellow horsehair bristles. The wood is covered in thin wood or plastic veneer with circular holes for the horsehair to pass through. The silver is adorned in repoussé floral scrollwork. A maker’s mark is stamped into the side that reads [BLACK STARR & FROST.] with a tiny falcon with its head turned to the proper right. Also stamped into the side is the text [STERLING 37]. The initials [MM] or [WW] are engraved on the top surface.

Topic

African American

Domestic life

Families

Hair

Credit Line

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

Object number

2012.42.8.3

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Tools and Equipment-Personal use

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Unidentified

Medium

silver

Dimensions

H x W x D: 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (7 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm)

Type

containers

Place used

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

Date

late 19th-early 20th century

Description

A silver container and lid. The bottom (a) and lid (b) are both circular with bulbous sides, though the bottom has a more gradual curve than the lid. The bottom has a beaded pattern around the lower edge and the lid has a beaded design around the top where the bulbous side meets the top. The initials [MM] or [WW] are engraved at the top center of the lid. Engraved on the lid is the text [STERLING / B1161M] with a bell under it.

Topic

African American

Domestic life

Families

Credit Line

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

Object number

2012.42.8.4ab

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Tools and Equipment-Personal use

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Created by

S. Bridgwood & Son, English, 1805 - 1853

Medium

porcelain and pigment

Dimensions

H x W x D (.1): 11 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 8 in. (29.2 × 24.1 × 20.3 cm)

H x W x D (.2): 5 1/8 × 15 1/8 × 15 1/8 in. (13 × 38.4 × 38.4 cm)

Type

pitchers

washbowls

Place used

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

Date

late 19th-early 20th century

Description

A white ceramic pitcher and washbowl set with a decorative pink floral motif. The pitcher's (.1) top rim is shaped in a scalloped pattern which alternates small and large curves, the largest being shaped into the spout. Opposite the spout is a handle that is attached to the side of the neck at the top and the belly, just below the shoulder, at the bottom. The pitcher sits on a circular foot. The lowest two inches of the belly has a scalloped pattern in the porcelain. The pitcher has a glazed surface. On the smooth exterior surface sits an applied transfer ware floral design in pink. The scalloped rim has a gold line painted along the circumference, as does the ridge at the base of the neck, and down the center of the handle that fork into two lines towards the top.

The white porcelain ceramic washbowl (.2) has a round, wide-mouthed, somewhat shallow bowl. The top rim has a double ridge lip. The bowl sits on a circular ridge of a base. The bowl has a glazed surface. The smooth inside is decorated with an applied transfer ware floral design in pink, while the outside is white with a scallop pattern in the porcelain on the lower half. The upper rim has a gold line painted along the circumference, as does the bowl itself along the top edge of the scallop pattern.

Topic

African American

Domestic life

Families

Credit Line

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

Object number

2012.42.9.1-.2

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Bourdon, Denis, Canadian

Notman Photo Company, American, 1866 - 1894

Subject of

Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895

Douglass, Joseph Henry, American, 1871 - 1935

Medium

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W: 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 10.8 cm)

Type

cabinet photographs

albumen prints

Place made

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date

May 10, 1894

Caption

This carte-de-visite is found in Series 6 of the Charlene Hodges Byrd Collection. This collection documents the personal life and professional career of Charlene Hodges Byrd as well as her related family members from various areas throughout the Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, D.C. This collection is comprised of correspondence, ephemera and photographs discussing family life, religion, race, education as well as the family relationship with Frederick Douglass and his family. The collection is available for research by contacting NMAAHC Archives at nmaahc-archivalcollection@si.edu or see our collections in the Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives available here: https://goo.gl/Rwckpe.

Description

A cabinet card of Frederick Douglass and his grandson Joseph Douglass. Frederick Douglass is featured on the right side of the image and sits in a chair holding papers in his hands atop his lap. Joseph Douglass, in the left side of the image, sits atop a table and holds a violin in his proper right hand. His proper left hand is resting on the back of his grandfather. The bottom of the card has a maker's mark and address for Notman Photographic Company in Boston.

Topic

African American

Families

Fatherhood

Instrumentalists (Musicians)

Photography

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Charlene Hodges Byrd

Object number

A2010.26.29.8.1

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Collection title

Charlene Hodges Byrd Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Archival Collections

Exhibition

Musical Crossroads

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source

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Written by

Bullins, Ed, American, born 1935

Published by

Bobbs-Merrill Company, American, founded 1850

Illustrated by

Ratzkin, Lawrence, American, 1931 - 2011

Photograph by

The New York Times, American, founded 1851

Medium

ink on paper with cloth, cardboard and pressure-sensitive tape

Dimensions

H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 5 13/16 × 1 3/16 in. (21.6 × 14.8 × 3 cm)

Type

hardcover books

Date

1969

Description

A first edition, hardcover book with dust jacket, Five Plays by Ed Bullins. The dust jacket features a full-page black-and-white photograph of Ed Bullins in front of the New Lafayette Theater. Bullins is seen from the waist up, facing the camera, wearing a black long sleeve shirt, unbuttoned at the neck. He is also wearing a thick, chain with large pendant around his neck. Behind his proper left shoulder is the sign for the theater with a black and white stylized face above black text that reads [THE NeW / LaFaYeTTE / THEaTRe]. Behind his proper right shoulder is a pair of glass doors. The lower half of the cover features the book title in red stylized text written over Bullin's shirt, [FIVE PLAYS / BY ED / BULLINS]. Along the bottom edge of the front cover in white text is [WINNER OF THE 1968 VERNON RICE AWARD]. The spine of the dust jacket is white with black, narrow, text [FIVE PLAYS BY ED BULLINS / BOBBS-MERRILL]. The back cover of the dust jacket is white with black text that features two Bullins’ play reviews by Library Journal and Publisher’s Weekly. The interior front and back flaps of the dust jacket feature a review of Bullins’ plays and short biography written by Black Theatre. The book has a black cloth binding. The exterior spine of the book is embossed with metallic red text that spans the entire length of the spine, [FIVE PLAYS BY ED BULLINS / BOBBS-MERRILL]. Both the front and back covers of the book are blank. The book features five plays include Goin’ a Buffalo; In the Wine Time; A Son, Come Home; The Electronic Nigger; Clara’s Ole Man. The title pages for each play are preceded by a black-and-white image from a live performance of that play. The book is two hundred and eighty-two (282) pages long. There are inscriptions in ink and pencil on the front free endpaper.

Topic

African American

Communities

Drama (Theatre)

Families

Literature

Race relations

Violence

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick

Object number

2015.64.5

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Exhibition

Taking the Stage

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Johnson, John, American, 1879 - 1953

Subject of

Unidentified Man or Men

Unidentified Woman or Women

Printed by

Keister, Douglas R., American

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm)

Type

portraits

digital prints

Place depicted

Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States, North and Central America

Date

1919-1925; printed 2012

Description

A digital print of a man and woman sitting on the wooden front porch of a house in Lincoln, Nebraska. The woman, sitting on the left, is wearing a white dress and in a rocking chair. The man is seated on the right in a wooden chair and wears a grey suit and mustache. A small cat sits near the man's feet. Three steps lead up to the porch, which has two columns framing the door and is decorated with several potted plants. The windows appear to have lace curtains, there is a thermometer mounted to the left window, and the address plate [1821] is visible to the right of the door. The screen door is closed but shows through to photographs and a piece of furniture just inside the house.

Topic

African American

Domestic life

Families

Photography

Credit Line

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

Object number

2012.56.2.5

Restrictions & Rights

© Douglas Keister

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Manufactured by

Thermos LLC, American, founded 1904

Designed by

LoBianco, Nick, American

Subject of

Carroll, Diahann, American, born 1935

Beaird, Betty, American, born 1935

Marc Copage, American, born 1962

Link, Michael, American, born 1962

Medium

metal, plastic

Dimensions

H x W x D (2013.108.13a Lunchbox Closed): 7 3/4 × 8 3/4 × 4 in. (19.7 × 22.2 × 10.2 cm)

H x W x D (2013.108.13a Lunchbox Open): 4 1/16 × 8 13/16 × 14 11/16 in. (10.3 × 22.4 × 37.3 cm)

H x W x D (2013.108.13b Thermos): 6 5/8 × 4 × 3 3/16 in. (16.8 × 10.2 × 8.1 cm)

Type

lunchboxes

canteens (vessels)

Place used

United States, North and Central America

Date

1969

Description

This is a lunchbox and thermos set printed with illustrations of actors from the sitcom "Julia" starring Diahann Carroll. The front of the lunchbox, i.e. the lid, has a green border and features the show logo, red block-text outlined in black reading [JULIA] in the top right corner. In the bottom right corner is an illustrated closely framed portrait of Carroll styled as the character Julia; her portrait is superimposed over a background image of two boys seated and reading at a table in an interior space. Repeated illustrated images of the actors from the show appear consistently on each face of the lunchbox. The thermos features a singular image wrapped around the cylinder in which Carroll wears a nurse's uniform and addresses a seated white man. The lunchbox has a green plastic handle. There is some rusting, mostly visible in the interior, and some chipping in the ink of the images, mostly visible on the exterior.

Topic

African American

Actors

Children

Cooking and dining

Families

Medicine

Motherhood

Race relations

Sitcoms

Credit Line

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

Object number

2013.108.13ab

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Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Exhibition

Taking the Stage

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Designed by

Riggs, Rita, American, born 1930

Manufactured by

Cali-Fame of Los Angeles, Inc., American, founded 1925

Worn by

Jimmie Walker, American, born 1947

Medium

cotton denim, twill tape, and synthetic fiber

Dimensions

H x W x D (On form): 9 1/4 × 9 3/4 × 10 in. (23.5 × 24.8 × 25.4 cm)

Type

hats

Place used

United States, North and Central America

Date

1974-1979

Description

Blue denim bucket hat with quilted brim worn by Jimmie Walker as the character James "JJ" Evans Jr. on the television show "Good Times." The interior of the cap portion is not lined, though the seams are covered in black twill tape. There is an interior hat band of black synthetic lining material. A white clothing tag with brown printed text is sewn at the center back of the interior band that reads: "Cali-Fame / of / Los Angeles / XL".

Topic

African American

Actors

Clothing and dress

Comedy

Costume

Families

Sitcoms

Stereotypes

Credit Line

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

Object number

2014.26.1

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Clothing-Costume

Exhibition

Taking the Stage

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Published by

Playbill, American, founded 1884

Edited by

Samuelson, Judy

Subject of

Parks, Suzan-Lori, American, born 1963

Wolfe, George Costello, American, born 1954

Mos Def, American, born 1973

Wright, Jeffrey, American, born 1965

Ambassador Theatre, American, founded 1928

Medium

ink on paper with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D (Closed): 8 7/16 × 5 3/8 × 1/16 in. (21.5 × 13.6 × 0.2 cm)

H x W x D (Open): 8 7/16 × 10 1/2 × 11/16 in. (21.5 × 26.7 × 1.8 cm)

Type

theater programs

Place printed

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

Date

March 2002

Description

Playbill, volume 118, number 3, featuring the play, "Topdog/Underdog," written by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by George C. Wolfe, starring Mos Def and Jeffrey Wright, and performed at the Ambassador Theatre, New York, 2002. The top third of the cover is the masthead, a yellow rectangular field with black type with the magazine's title, [PLAYBILL ®] above the text [AMBASSADOR THEATRE]. Below the masthead is a white field outlined in black, with a black-and-white illustration depicting a frontal view of a bulldog’s head above the same image upside-down. Dividing the two illustrations is the title of the play, which is also the main coverline, is written in two black-outlined boxes in black-and-white text, [TOP DOG / UNDERDOG]. The word “Underdog” is written upside-down. The playbill website is printed at the bottom of the front cover. The back cover features an ad for Target Stores. All of the pages are glossy and bound together with staples. Most of the interior pages are off-white with black type with black-and-white images and color images. The magazine has fifty (50) pages.

Topic

African American

Actors

Broadway Theatre

Families

Poverty

Race discrimination

Theatre companies

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick

Object number

2015.64.13

Restrictions & Rights

Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.

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Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Exhibition

Taking the Stage

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Published by

Playbill, American, founded 1884

Written by

Baldwin, James, American, 1924 - 1987

Printed by

Unidentified

Edited by

Ross, Blake

Subject of

Hansberry, Lorraine, American, 1930 - 1965

Leon, Kenny, American, born 1956

Washington, Denzel, American, born 1954

Richardson, LaTanya, American, born 1949

Okonedo, Sophie, British, born 1968

Ethel Barrymore Theatre, American, founded 1928

Medium

ink on paper with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D (2015.64.14.1 Closed): 8 9/16 × 5 3/8 × 3/16 in. (21.7 × 13.7 × 0.5 cm)

H x W x D (2015.64.14.1 Open): 8 9/16 × 10 3/8 × 7/8 in. (21.7 × 26.3 × 2.2 cm)

H x W x D (2015.64.14.2 Closed): 9 × 4 1/4 (22.8 × 10.8 × 0.1 cm)

H x W x D (2015.64.14.2 Open): 9 × 12 5/8 × 1 in. (22.8 × 32 × 2.5 cm)

L x W (2015.64.14.3): 9 1/16 × 4 1/16 in. (23 × 10.3 cm)

Type

theater programs

Date

April 2014

Description

Playbill magazine (2015.61.14.1), April 2014, featuring the play, "A Raisin in the Sun" written by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by Kenny Leon, starring Denzel Washington, LaTanya Richardson, and Sophie Okonedo, and performed at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, New York 2014. The top third of the cover is the masthead, a yellow rectangular field with black type with the magazine's title, [PLAYBILL ®] above the text [ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATER]. Below the masthead and outlined with a Kente cloth border, is a black-and-white image tinted blue of a young boy on a street. The boy walks past a row of receding buildings seen in the upper right quadrant to the upper left. The boy is pictured on the right side near the lower corner. He holds something to his mouth in his proper left hand and holds books under his proper right arm. Behind him, centered in the image, is a woman wearing a long coat, carrying an umbrella on her proper left arm. Overlaying the image is a narrow, a Kente cloth outline of a circle. In the lower third of the image, justified on the left side, is orange text with the title of the play, which is also the main coverline, [a RAISIN / in the SUN]. Below the image at the bottom is a small yellow rectangle with a website in black text. The back cover features an ad for Gucci cologne. The magazine has fifty-two (52) pages.

A tri-folded pamphlet of the essay "Sweet Lorraine" (2015.61.14.2) about Lorraine Hansberry, written by James Baldwin. Printed on semi-gloss paper, the pamphlet is navy blue with stylized, Kente cloth borders throughout. On the front in the upper right corner is a circular, black-and-white image of Lorraine Hansberry. Overlapping the image is white block text [SWEET / LORRAINE]. Below the title is the byline in orange text, [BY JAMES BALDWIN] followed by a line of white text that reads [THAT'S THEY WAY I ALWAYS FELT ABOUT YOU, AND SO / I WON'T APOLOGIZE FOR CALLING HER THAT NOW.]. Below the text and byline is the beginning of Baldwin's essay in white text. The inside of the pamphlet the essay continues and features four (4) circular black and white images of cityscapes. In the lower left corner of the back page is an additional black-and-white image of Hansberry. Above and around the image are the final paragraphs of the essay.

A narrow cell phone reminder flyer (2015.61.14.3) with navy blue background with a narrow, stylized Kente cloth border, printed on glossy paper. Covering the whole of flyer is block text of varying sizes. The text is in orange and white, justified on the right side and reads [DEAR FRIENDS, / PLEASE / PROTECT YOUR / OWN GOOD TIME / AND THAT OF YOUR / NEIGHBOR BY / TURNING / OFF YOUR / CELL/ PHONE / NOW. / THANK YOU.]. The reverse is blank.

Topic

African American

Actors

Broadway Theatre

Domestic life

Families

Poverty

Race discrimination

Race relations

Segregation

Theatre companies

Urban life

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick

Object number

2015.64.14.1-.3

Restrictions & Rights

Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.

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Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Exhibition

Taking the Stage

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Unidentified

Owned by

Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016

Subject of

Grant, Jack, American, 1919 - 2003

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, ink

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (15.9 x 11.4 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place collected

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

Date

1930s

Description

Black and white photograph of Jack Grant, Mae Reeves brother, writing on back

Written on back "Photo of / Jack Grant - / He is Lula Mae Grant's / Brother - (5th Child / of Samuel and / Bessie Grant / Born in Vidalia, / Ga / Birth - July 26, (1919)? / Died - April 6, 2003 / (Phila Pa) / Fernwood / Cemetery [Additional note] "JACK Grant - / This is MAE'S / brother. He worked / in her hat shop / for 30 years."

Topic

African American

Families

Photography

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

2010.6.206

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Mae's Millinery Shop Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Unidentified

Subject of

Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016

Mincey, William Jr., American

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 8 x 6 1/4 in. (20.3 x 15.9 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)

Type

photographs

portraits

Place collected

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

Date

ca. 1965

Description

Colorized photo of Mae Reeves and likely her son, William "Sonny" Mincey Jr. wearing an Army Sergeant's dress uniform. Mae wears a white dress with silk bodice and large floral decorations on the skirt. She also wears a dark cloth on her forearm and hand.

Topic

African American

Families

Photography

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

2010.6.207

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Mae's Millinery Shop Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Unidentified

Subject of

Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016

Reeves, Joel Edward, American

Medium

dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image & Sheet): 4 15/16 x 6 7/8 in. (12.5 x 17.5 cm)

Type

chromogenic color prints

portraits

Place collected

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

Place captured

Mizpah, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date

1981

Description

A color photograph of Mae and Joel Reeves posing in front of a tree. Mae stands to Joel's right. She wears an orange top with wide lapel and grey vest. Joel has his right arm around Mae and resting on her right arm. He wears a brown suit and striped tie with a dark overcoat. The couple stand in front on a tree or bush planted in front of a brick and siding wall

Topic

African American

Families

Photography

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

2010.6.208.2

Restrictions & Rights

© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Collection title

Mae's Millinery Shop Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Unidentified

Subject of

Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016

Limerick, Donna, American

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image & Sheet): 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 in. (7.8 x 5.9 cm)

Type

photographs

portraits

Place collected

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

Date

1948

Description

A black-and-white photograph of Mae Reeves holding Donna Limerick as a baby. Mae wears a white blouse and earrings. Donna wears a knitted white jacket. Mae is sitting and photographed from the waist up with Donna standing on her left leg.

Topic

African American

Children

Families

Motherhood

Photography

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

2010.6.218.2

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Mae's Millinery Shop Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture