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Mabel (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)
- Created by
- Lee-Smith, Hughie, American, 1915 - 1999
- Subject of
- Everett, Mabel Louise, American, born 1920
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 38 × 34 × 5 in. (96.5 × 86.4 × 12.7 cm)
- Caption
- Hughie Lee Smith painted this sensitive portrait of his wife, Mabel Louise Everett, around the time they were married and moved to Detroit in 1940.
- Description
- This oil painting portrait depicts the artist's first wife, Mabel Louise Everett. Shown from the chest upwards, she wears a dark blue dress with red trim at the neckline. Her shoulder length hair is done in a style popular with women during the 1940s, pulled back on the top of her head. Her gaze is directed slightly toward the right side of the painting. The background of the portrait is flat with with tones of brown, cream, red and blue.
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Stephanie Anne Patterson
- Object number
- 2016.172
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of Hughie Lee-Smith
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Nautical clock gifted from Pres. Theodore Roosevelt to William L. Houston
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Commissioned by
- President Roosevelt, Theodore, American, 1858 - 1919
- Received by
- Houston, William Lepre, American, 1870 - 1953
- Owned by
- Houston, Charles Hamilton, American, 1895 - 1951
- Date
- 1905-1919
- Medium
- glass, metal and marble
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (.4a Clock): 7 × 4 3/8 × 4 3/8 in. (17.8 × 11.2 × 11.2 cm)
- H x W x D (.4b Stand): 10 × 4 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (25.4 × 11.4 × 39.4 cm)
- Caption
- William LePre Houston (1870-1953) was a prominent Washington, DC attorney who was active in the Republican Party and worked for African American labor organizations, including the Railway Men's International Benevolent Industrial Association. According to son and law partner Charles Hamilton Houston, this nautical clock was a gift from President Theodore Roosevelt for his father's role as an unofficial African American advisor.The clock was a significant family heirloom that resided on the mantelpiece of the family's home on Washington's northwest side.
- Description
- A table clock with nautical design gifted from President Theodore Roosevelt to William L. Houston. The clock is comprised of two separate pieces, the clock itself (.4a) and the base (.4b). The bottom of the clock is made of marble resting on four metal pedestals at each corner. The greenish marble is cracked throughout but still intact. The largest feature of the clock is a brass arm on the right side that curves to the left. On the front of the arm is a propeller. The top of the arm has a piece that connects the chain to the block and tackle pulley system that holds up the clock. The clock is spherical and hangs from a post connected to a circle. The circle rests on the hook of the pulley system. The back of the clock is metal and opens on a hinge to show the inner mechanics. The front of the clock is glass with a numbered face. The metal chain connected to the pulley continues through the top circle of an anchor mounted to the marble base and then wraps around a ship's wheel secured to the base just below the hanging clock sphere. Inside the top of the wheel is a compass.
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
- Type
- mantel clocks
- Topic
- Families
- Labor
- Law
- Local and regional
- Ornamentation
- Politics
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Hamilton Houston, Jr. and Dr. Rosemary Jagus
- Object number
- 2018.59.4ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Diary of Frances Anne Rollin
- Written by
- Rollin, Frances Anne, American, 1845 - 1901
- Manufactured by
- Taggard & Thompson, American, c. nineteenth century
- Subject of
- Rollin, Frances Anne, American, 1845 - 1901
- Delany, Martin Robison, American, 1812 - 1885
- Whipper, William J., American, 1834 - 1907
- Date
- 1868
- Medium
- ink on paper with leather and adhesive
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (closed): 4 15/16 × 3 1/16 × 11/16 in. (12.5 × 7.8 × 1.8 cm)
- Caption
- Frances Rollin and her four sisters, Charlotte, (Chair of the SC Woman Suffrage Association), Katherine, Louise, and Florence were 19th century suffragettes who actively advocated for equal rights for women. During Reconstruction, they operated a successful political salon in Columbia, SC where blacks, whites, women and men discussed civil, social and political rights for all Americans.
- Frances Anne Rollin was also a writer and the author of Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany which upon appearing in 1868 became the first full-length biography written by an African American. Rollin also kept a diary in 1868, making it the earliest known diary by a southern black woman.
- Major Martin Delany, the highest ranking black in the military, was so impressed by the young teacher that he commissioned her to write his biography. Rollin traveled to Boston to write and to seek a publisher. Her account describes her writing experience as well as her meetings with notable abolitionists and luminaries of the Civil War era and notes Delany’s financial challenges once the Civil War ended.
- Returning to South Carolina in 1868, Frances Rollin was employed by a Pennsylvania-born black attorney, William J. Whipper, who had been recently elected to the South Carolina Legislature. Rollin and Whipper married a few months later.
- Rollin continued her diary during their brief courtship and first year of marriage. The diary allowed a rare glimpse into the social life of Columbia, the South Carolina capital, and recorded the anti-black, anti-Republican violence then ongoing in the state during Reconstruction.
- Description
- Personal diary of Frances Anne Rollin, written during the year 1868. The content of the diary covers the publication of Rollin's book, her courtship and first year of marriage to William J. Whipper, member of the South Carolina state legislature, and life in Reconstruction-era Columbia, South Carolina. The diary is wrapped in black leather with a flap extension on the right that slips inside a strap on the body of the book. On top of the strap is the manufacture's mark in gold that is a circular shape with a starburst design on top. Underneath is the text, [DIARY / 1868]. The inside cover of the diary has many inscriptions in pencil. The text begins with the numbers, [62 / 135.] Underneath reads, [F. Rollin / 16 Blossom [illegible] / Boston / Mass]. On the right cover is a list of objects including the diary and their prices listed on the left with a total of 3.75. Another math equation below lists more objects and ends with 1.90.
- The inside title page is covered in decorative floral and leaf scroll work. The title reads, [ILLUMINATED / DIARY / for / 1868.]. Underneath is an illustrated image of the sea with a mast ship. The publisher below reads, [PUBLISHED BY / TAGGARD & THOMPSON, No. 29 CORNHILL, / BOSTON.] The diary begins with a calendar, differences in time in each state and city, postage information, and eclipses. There are gaps in entries between July 13-26, October 20-21, November 19-January 1, 1869. After the diary dates is a page of [MEMORANDA.] with a list of objects bought and their prices. Following are pages devoted to [CASH ACCOUNT] by month. The back cover has an inscription of two quotes from R. Waldo Emerson, but the quotes are mostly illegible as the graphite has faded. Below the quotes are two more math equations.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place made
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Type
- diaries
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Caricature and cartoons
- Domestic life
- Families
- Literature
- Politics
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- Social life and customs
- Suffrage
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Carole Ione Lewis Family Collection
- Object number
- 2018.101.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Photograph album owned by Emily Howland
- Manufactured by
- James B. Smith & Co., American
- Signed by
- Lacy, Caroline N., American, 1838 - 1898
- Received by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Subject of
- Tubman, Harriet, American, 1822 - 1913
- Menard, John Willis, American, 1838 - 1893
- Sumner, Charles, American, 1811 - 1874
- Child, Lydia Maria, American, 1802 - 1880
- Channing, William Henry, American, 1810 - 1884
- Phillips, Wendell, American, 1811 - 1884
- Freedmen's Bureau, American, 1865 - 1872
- Date
- 1864
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- leather, metal, and ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (closed): 6 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (15.9 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm)
- H x W (open with clasps): 6 1/4 × 11 in. (15.9 × 27.9 cm)
- H x W (open without clasps): 6 1/4 × 9 in. (15.9 × 22.9 cm)
- H x W x D (Storage container): 5 7/8 × 11 1/4 × 11 7/16 in. (15 × 28.5 × 29 cm)
- Caption
- Caroline “Carrie” Nichols (later Carrie N. Lacy; see 2017.30.13) presented this carte-de-visite album to her friend and fellow teacher Emily Howland on January 1, 1864, at Camp Todd, a freedmen’s camp and school located in Arlington, Virginia. Emily Howland was an abolitionist, educator, philanthropist, and suffragist who founded, financially supported, and taught in numerous schools for African Americans for more than 70 years from 1857 until her death in 1929 at the age of 101.
- Typical of a CDV album during this period, the Howland Album contains photographs of Howland’s family, friends, and colleagues, as well as souvenir images of notable abolitionists and famous figures during the 1860s and 1870s. Based on the photograph dates and later inscriptions, it is clear that Howland added photographs to the album as she collected them throughout the mid- to late 19th century.
- Description
- Black leather photograph album owned by Emily Howland containing photographs of friends, family, and celebrities. The album covers and binding are made from embossed black leather with gold gilt decorations on the covers and spine. Both covers are the same, with a scallop-edged diamond outlined in gold at the center and geometric borders surrounding it, ending in a thin gold gilt geometric border around the edges. Gilt text is stamped on the spine reading "PHOTOGRAPHS". The front and back interior covers have decorative paper with small gold repeating stylized dots on a white ground adhered to them. There are four (4) sheets of paper at the front of the album, followed by twenty-five (25) thicker pages that each feature a window for holding two (2) photographs per page, and one (1) sheet of paper at the back of the album. There is room for fifty (50) photographs, though the album contains only forty-seven (47) photographs plus one (1) loose photograph too large to fit into the windowed pages. Windows 20, 21, and 47 are empty. The windows are rectangular with rounded corners and are surrounded by a gold printed border. The front pages include a page with information about the album publisher and an Index page with two printed columns of numbered lines for identifying the photographs. The Index page is not filled out. There is an inscription written in black ink on the first page that reads "To / Emily Howland / From her friend / Carrie Nichols / Jan 1st, 1864 / Camp Todd / Virginia". All of the interior pages are edged in gilt with a design impressed into the top, right side, and bottom edges of the pages that creates a floral spray when the album is closed. The album fastens on the right side with two (2) metal hinged bars that are attached to the back cover and close over metal pins attached to the front cover. The bars are embellished with a three-dimensional metal design imitating a floral fabric looped through a metal buckle.
- Place used
- Camp Todd, Arlington County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Anti-slavery movements
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- photograph albums
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Education
- Families
- Feminism
- Local and regional
- Military
- Photography
- Politics
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- Religion
- Social reform
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States Colored Troops
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign
- Photograph by
- Robert Houston, American, born 1935
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Created by
- Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996
- Commissioned by
- Black Star, American, founded 1935
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Date
- May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
- Medium
- reversal film and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
- Caption
- This slide is part of a collection of 35mm slides encapsulating Robert Houston's full portfolio of images related to the Poor People's Campaign and the antipoverty protest camp on the National Mall. Known as "Resurrection City," the camp lasted for six weeks in the spring of 1968.
- Description
- This photographic slide depicts a man sitting next to a woman holding a young child. The man is pictured in profile, seated to the right of frame, wearing a grey suit. He rests his elbows on his knees and holds a short cigarette between his fingers. Next to him, in center frame, is the woman, wearing a light colored top and blue jeans, her grey hair pulled back from her face. The child, wearing a long sleeve red shirt and blue and white patterned overalls, sits in the woman's lap holding a baby bottle. Behind them, the legs of a person seated on a platform are visible.
- Place depicted
- National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- color slides
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Families
- Housing
- Local and regional
- Photography
- Politics
- Poverty
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.245.61
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Robert Houston
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Photograph of Senator Henry Hall Falkener and family
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Falkener, Henry Hall, American, 1859 - 1931
- Falkener, Margaret Mitchell, American, 1870 - 1938
- Falkener, George Harold, American, 1898 - 1984
- Falkener, Herschel Hall, American, 1901 - 1992
- Falkener, John Quentin, American, 1906 - 1971
- Falkener, Ralph Craven Stanley, American, 1893 - 1955
- Falkener, Waldo Carroll Sr., American, 1902 - 1992
- Date
- ca. 1906
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 8 7/8 × 5 15/16 in. (22.5 × 15.1 cm)
- H x W (Image): 5 7/16 × 3 15/16 in. (13.8 × 10 cm)
- Description
- A black and white, formal family portrait photograph of Senator Henry Hall Falkener and his family in a black, paper mat. Senator Falkener is seated on the left with his wife, Margaret Mitchell Falkener, seated on the right. From left to right, three of their sons, Hershel, Ralph, Hershel and George “Harold” Falkener, are standing behind their parents. One son, Waldo C. Falkener, Sr., is seated on a chair arm between the adults and the baby, John “Quentin” Falkener, is held by his mother. There is a dog lying on the floor in front of Senator and Mrs. Falkener. Handwritten notations in red and black ink on the verso. A handwritten note on the back in red and blue ink identifies the subject, a location, and lists three sets of numbers.
- Place captured
- Warren County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Families
- Photography
- Politics
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
- Object number
- 2014.94.16
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign
- Photograph by
- Robert Houston, American, born 1935
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Created by
- Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996
- Date
- May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968
- Medium
- reversal film and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
- Caption
- This slide is part of a collection of 35mm slides encapsulating Robert Houston's full portfolio of images related to the Poor People's Campaign and the antipoverty protest camp on the National Mall. Known as "Resurrection City," the camp lasted for six weeks in the spring of 1968.
- Description
- This color slide depicts a family of six sitting outside a row of A frame shelters in Resurrection City. The shelters have coverings of white and blue striped plastic sheeting. Seated on the ground on the left side of the image is a woman wearing a dark shirt, light pants, and a dark scarf over her hair. Seated on her lap is a little boy in a red and blue striped pants and dark pants. Next to the woman is a little girl kneeling on the ground wearing a white turtleneck and pink shorts. She has an African mask pendant around her neck. On the girl's other side is a boy kneeling on one knee, wearing white shirt and grey pants. In front of him squats a man in a yellow short sleeve sweater and khaki pants. Sitting on the ground between the little girl and the man is a little boy in the light colored top and blue pants. He holds an object in both hands and has two toy trucks on the ground in front of him. The slide mount has text on the reverse that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp. / new york."
- Place depicted
- National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- color slides
- Topic
- Activism
- Children
- Civil rights
- Families
- Housing
- Local and regional
- Photography
- Politics
- Poverty
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.245.60
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Robert Houston
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Miracle in Harlem
- Directed by
- Kemp, Jack
- Written by
- Valentini, Vincent Andrew, American, 1895 - 1948
- Subject of
- Guyse, Sheila, American, 1925 - 2013
- Offley, Hilda, American, 1894 - 1968
- Greaves, William, American, 1926 - 2014
- Lewis, Sybil, American, 1919 - 1988
- Freeman, Kenneth, American, 1917 - 1991
- Criner, John L., American, 1898 - 1965
- Hawley, Monte, American, 1901 - 1950
- Juano Hernández, 1896 - 1970
- Gines, Henry
- Leo, Don De, Italian, 1904 - 1979
- Thompson, Creighton, American, 1889 - 1969
- Blakey, Ruble, American, 1911 - 1992
- Chester, Alfred George, American, 1900 - 1978
- Fetchit, Stepin, American, 1902 - 1985
- Carter, Jack, American, 1902 - 1967
- Williams, Milton, American, 1907 - 1995
- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration: 69 Minutes
- Length (Film Reel 1): 1350 Feet
- Length (Film Reel 2): 1200 Feet
- Caption
- When a real estate tycoon is found dead, his latest real estate casualty is suspected of the crime.
- Description
- A 16mm release print of the feature film Miracle in Harlem. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical sound.
- The film is about a woman, Julie Weston (Sheila Guyse), who is suspected of killing a real estate tycoon. It opens with a church service in which a choir sings “Swing Low Sweet Chariot.” After the service, Julie’s aunt, Aunt Hattie (Hilda Offley), walks to her candy kitchen where she is greeted by Julie and Julie’s paramour, Bert (William Greaves). Bert and Julie attempt to convince Aunt Hattie to expand and modernize her candy kitchen. However, Aunt Hattie expresses her hesitation toward their proposal. At one point in the film, a man informs Julie that she no longer owns the candy shop or the recipes to which Julie responds that, Mr. Marshall “will never get away with this. The film ends with detectives solving the murder.
- Place depicted
- Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- sound films
- black-and-white films (visual works)
- feature films
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Business
- Families
- Race films
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
- Object number
- 2015.167.15.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign
- Photograph by
- Robert Houston, American, born 1935
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
- Medium
- reversal film and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
- Caption
- This slide is part of a collection of 35mm slides encapsulating Robert Houston's full portfolio of images related to the Poor People's Campaign and the antipoverty protest camp on the National Mall. Known as "Resurrection City," the camp lasted for six weeks in the spring of 1968.
- Description
- This color slide depicts two boys and a woman sitting outside. The woman wears a dark top, glasses, and a dark scarf over her hair. Her face is in profile to the viewer. Sitting next to her is a little boy in a red long sleeve shirt and blue pants. He holds an apple in his hands and looks directly at the viewer. Sitting slightly in front of him is a second little boy in a red blue and white striped shirt and dark pants. He gazes downward at something cupped in his palm. The slide mount has text on the reverse that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp. / new york." They lean against large piece of plywood. there is a box of clothing in the background.
- Place depicted
- National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- color slides
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Families
- Housing
- Local and regional
- Photography
- Politics
- Poverty
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.245.247
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Robert Houston
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Photograph of Wellington and Wilma Webb walking in a parade
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Webb, Wellington E., born 1941
- Webb, Wilma J., born 1944
- Date
- ca. 1995; printed 2013
- Medium
- dye on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image & Sheet): 9 7/8 × 8 in. (25.1 × 20.3 cm)
- Description
- Color photograph featuring Wellington Webb and his wife walking in a parade, waving at spectators. Webb is featured center in the image walking in front of a line of people. The line of people hold a large blue banner with white text [WELLINGTON/WEBB/DENVER MAYOR]. Many people in the line hold signs promoting Webb for mayor. The image is slightly blurry. Reverse has photo paper manufacturer information repeated over the surface of the back. In the center of the back are two (2) lines of illegible printed text.
- Webb appears to be wearing his trademark pair of Asics sneakers, 2014.46.5ab
- Paper is FujiFilm Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper
- Inkjet photo
- Back of photo, printe dblack ink [000400532 1webb0.jpg 1/1 / Walgreens 31789(?) <> 12/06?/13
- There is a small .2cm border of white space at very bottom of photo.
- Place depicted
- Denver, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Topic
- Communities
- Families
- Photography
- Politics
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Honorable Wellington E. Webb and Wilma J. Webb
- Object number
- 2014.46.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Photograph of Senator Henry Hall Falkener and family
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Falkener, Henry Hall, American, 1859 - 1931
- Falkener, Margaret Mitchell, American, 1870 - 1938
- Falkener, Waldo Carroll Sr., American, 1902 - 1992
- Falkener, Herschel Hall, American, 1901 - 1992
- Falkener, John Quentin, American, 1906 - 1971
- Falkener, Ralph Craven Stanley, American, 1893 - 1955
- Falkener, George Harold, American, 1898 - 1984
- Date
- ca. 1906
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 20 × 16 1/4 in. (50.8 × 41.3 cm)
- Description
- A large, black and white, formal family portrait photograph of Senator Henry Hall Falkener and his family. Senator Falkener is seated on the left with his wife, Margaret Mitchell Falkener, seated on the right. From left to right, three of their sons, Hershel, Ralph, Hershel and George “Harold” Falkener, are standing behind their parents. One son, Waldo C. Falkener, Sr., is seated on a chair arm between the adults and the baby, John “Quentin” Falkener, is held by his mother. There is a dog lying on the floor in front of Senator and Mrs. Falkener. A number has been handwritten on the back in pencil.
- Place captured
- Warren County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Families
- Photography
- Politics
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
- Object number
- 2014.94.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Spirit of Youth
- Directed by
- Fraser, Harry L., American, 1889 - 1974
- Written by
- Hoerl, Arthur, American, 1891 - 1968
- Subject of
- Louis, Joe, American, 1914 - 1981
- Harris, Edna Mae, American, 1910 - 1997
- Moreland, Mantan, American, 1902 - 1973
- Southern, Tom, American, 1906 - 1980
- Brooks, Jess Lee, American, 1894 - 1944
- Whitten, Marguerite, American, 1913 - 1990
- Brooks, Clarence, American, 1896 - 1969
- Turner, Mae, American, 1908 - 1999
- Muse, Clarence Edouard, American, 1889 - 1979
- Desmond, Cleo, American, 1880 - 1958
- Smith, Jewel
- The Plantation Chior
- The Creole Chorus
- The Big Apple Dancers
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration: 65 Minutes
- Length (Film Reel 1): 1300 Feet
- Length (Film Reel 2): 1100 Feet
- Description
- A 16mm release print of the feature film Spirit of Youth. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical sound.
- In the opening scene, children can be seen playing outside. Young Joe Thomas’s mother calls him inside to clean himself before his father’s arrival from work. However, when his father returns to the family home it is revealed that he was injured by a falling castor and probably will never walk again. The rest of the film is loosely based on the life of American heavyweight boxer Joe Louis. The lead character, adult Joe Thomas, is played by Joe Louis himself. The film closes with a boxing match between Joe and a fellow boxer.
- Place filmed
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
- New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- sound films
- black-and-white films (visual works)
- release prints (motion pictures)
- feature films
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Actors
- Boxing
- Families
- Race films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
- Object number
- 2015.167.19.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Pinback button featuring Jesse Jackson and Jesse Jackson, Jr.
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Democratic National Committee, American, founded 1848
- Rev. Jackson, Jesse, American, born 1941
- Owned by
- Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010
- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- metal, paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 3/8 in. (5.7 × 8.3 × 1 cm)
- Description
- Rectangular pin-back button featuring color image of Jesse Jackson and Jesse Jackson, Jr. in front of a waving American flag. Red type appears at the top and bottom of pin and reads, [Keeping Hope Alive/Democratic National Convention '96]. Border of button's back has black type that reads, [1-800-257-2340 OFFICIAL SOUVENIR©].
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Topic
- Families
- Politics
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.201.1.45
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Barack and Michelle Obama, Chicago
- Created by
- Cook, Mariana R., American, born 1955
- Subject of
- President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
- First Lady Michelle Obama, American, born 1964
- Date
- May 26, 1996
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on mat board
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Description
- Portrait of Barack and Michelle Obama seated on a couch in their home in Hyde Park, Chicago. Barack Obama, wearing a dark shirt and khaki pants, is sitting casually, his legs crossed with his right arm draped across the couch back, and his left arm around Michelle Obama. Dressed in black leggings and a black shirt with white buttons, she leans into him with her ankles crossed and hands resting on his right knee. They both gaze directly at the viewer. Behind them, three Indonesian prints decorate the walls above the couch and a traditional West African sculpture sits on an end table to the proper right.
- Place captured
- Hyde Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Domestic life
- Families
- Men
- Photography
- Politics
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Julia J. Norrell in memory of Lindy Boggs
- Object number
- 2013.194.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Mariana Cook. Permission required for use.
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Pinback button for Barack Obama campaign with “America's Next First Family"
- Designed by
- Rich, Margaret, American
- Subject of
- President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
- First Lady Michelle Obama, American, born 1964
- Date
- 2008
- On ViewConcourse 1, C1 053
- Exhibition
- A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
- Medium
- metal, plastic, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (5.7 x 5.7 x 8.6 cm)
- Description
- A campaign button with blue and white text and an image of Michelle and Barrack Obama. Printed above the image in blue text that reads: [AMERICA'S NEXT FIRST FAMILY]. Across the bottom of the button there is a blue stripe. Written in white text on the blue stripe is: [Michelle & Barack]. The back of the button has a metal fastener and clasp.
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Topic
- Communication
- Families
- Politics
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of William R. Ferris
- Object number
- 2013.172.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Photograph of the Cotten family
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Cotten, Carrie
- Cotten, Mildred
- Cotten, Loula
- Cotten, Myrtle
- Cotten, Tom
- Cotten, Sallie
- Cotten, Susie
- Cotten, Ernest
- Elizabeth Estes, American, 1882 - 1969
- Date
- 1902
- Medium
- ink on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of the nine members of the Cotten family taken in 1902. The names of the family members have been written on or above their likenesses: Carrie, Mildred, Loula, Elizabeth, Myrtle, Tom, Sallie, Susie, and Ernest. The back of the photograph is blank.
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- photographs
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Families
- Photography
- 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
- 2011.60.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
This Is My Husband: Fighter for His People, Political Refugee
- Published by
- National Committee to Defend Negro Leadership, American
- Written by
- Jackson, Esther Cooper, American, born 1917
- Subject of
- Jackson, James E., American, 1914 - 2007
- Date
- 1953
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 7/16 x 5 3/8 in. (21.5 x 13.7 cm)
- Description
- Pamphlet consists of black and white text on a bright orange background. On bottom is a photograph of Esther Cooper Jackson and her two daughters.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- pamphlets
- Topic
- Activism
- Families
- Mass media
- Political organizations
- Politics
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
- Object number
- 2010.55.88
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Fe En El Sueño Americano
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Distributed by
- Democratic Party of Virginia, American, founded 1926
- Photograph by
- Leibovitz, Annie, American, born 1949
- Subject of
- President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
- Obama for America, American, founded 2007
- Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
- First Lady Michelle Obama, American, born 1964
- Obama, Malia, American, born 1998
- Obama, Sasha, American, born 2001
- UnidosUS, American, founded 1968
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 2008
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W (folded): 8 9/16 × 6 9/16 in. (21.7 × 16.7 cm)
- H x W (unfolded): 8 9/16 × 19 5/16 in. (21.7 × 49.1 cm)
- Title
- Brochure from 2008 Obama Campaign
- Description
- A tri-fold Barack Obama brochure, in Spanish and English. The front features a black and white picture of Barack, Michelle, Malia, and Sasha Obama. Light blue and white text above the image on a blue background reads [FE EN EL / SUEÑO AMERICANO / FAITH IN THE AMERICAN DREAM]. The inside of the brochure contains a color photographic image of a girl and a man wearing an Obama shirt, quotes from Barack Obama, and a bulleted list of Obama's policies. The policies relate to tax cuts for middle class households, ending the war in Iraq, ensuring access to health care, rewarding companies that create jobs in the United States, veteran affairs, immigration reform, and social security. The back features a color image of a rural landscape with [ÚNETE AL / MOVIMENTO / JOIN US] in large font at the center of the page. Below this is a red ribbon with Obama’s circular campaign logo in the middle. Below this, is a three-column list of the contact information for various Virginia campaign offices in Arlington, Dumfries, Falls Church, Manassas, Richmond, and Southern Fairfax County. Below the addresses and phone numbers of these campaign offices, a small block of text reads [NUESTRA COMUNIDAD DESEMPAÑARÁ UN PAPEL CLAVE EN LAS ELECCIONES DE 2008, / POSIBLEMENTE LAS MÁS IMPORTANTES DE ESTA GENERACIÓN, PARA PARTICIPAR, VISITE / VA.BARACKOBAMA.COM, O LLAME AL 1-877-850-2008, O TEXTO VA A OBAMA (62262)].
- Place collected
- Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Collection from the 2008 Obama Virginia Campaign Office
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Type
- brochures
- Topic
- Business
- Communities
- Economics
- Families
- Government
- Health
- Immigration
- International affairs
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Multilingual communication
- Politics
- Suffrage
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.93.42.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Photograph © Annie Liebovitz. Permission required for use.
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Fe En El Sueño Americano
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Distributed by
- Democratic Party of Virginia, American, founded 1926
- Photograph by
- Leibovitz, Annie, American, born 1949
- Subject of
- President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
- Obama for America, American, founded 2007
- Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
- First Lady Michelle Obama, American, born 1964
- Obama, Malia, American, born 1998
- Obama, Sasha, American, born 2001
- UnidosUS, American, founded 1968
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 2008
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W (folded): 8 9/16 × 6 9/16 in. (21.7 × 16.7 cm)
- H x W (unfolded): 8 9/16 × 19 5/16 in. (21.7 × 49.1 cm)
- Title
- Brochure from 2008 Obama Campaign
- Description
- A tri-fold Barack Obama brochure, in Spanish and in English. The front features a black and white picture of Barack, Michelle, Malia, and Sasha Obama. Light blue and white text above the image on a blue background reads [FE EN EL / SUEÑO AMERICANO / FAITH IN THE AMERICAN DREAM]. [SUEÑO AMERICANO] is the central line of text and it is in the largest and boldest font. The inside of the brochure contains a color photographic image of a girl and a man wearing an Obama shirt, quotes from Barack Obama, and a bulleted list of Obama's policies. The policies relate to tax cuts for middle class households, ending the war in Iraq, ensuring access to health care, rewarding companies that create jobs in the United States, veteran affairs, immigration reform, and social security. The back features a color image of a rural landscape with [ÚNETE AL / MOVIMENTO / JOIN US] in large font at the center of the page. Below this is a red ribbon with Obama’s circular campaign logo in the middle. Below this, is a three-column list of the contact information for various Virginia campaign offices in Arlington, Dumfries, Falls Church, Manassas, Richmond, and Southern Fairfax County. Below the addresses and phone numbers of these campaign offices, a small block of text reads [NUESTRA COMUNIDAD DESEMPAÑARÁ UN PAPEL CLAVE EN LAS ELECCIONES DE 2008, / POSIBLEMENTE LAS MÁS IMPORTANTES DE ESTA GENERACIÓN, PARA PARTICIPAR, VISITE / VA.BARACKOBAMA.COM, O LLAME AL 1-877-850-2008, O TEXTO VA A OBAMA (62262)].
- Place collected
- Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Collection from the 2008 Obama Virginia Campaign Office
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Type
- brochures
- Topic
- Business
- Communities
- Economics
- Families
- Government
- Health
- Immigration
- International affairs
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Politics
- Suffrage
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.93.42.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Photograph © Annie Liebovitz. Permission required for use.
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Wives or Widows?
- Published by
- American Peace Mobilization, American, founded 1940
- Written by
- Beecher, Katherine, American
- Subject of
- American Peace Mobilization, American, founded 1940
- Date
- 1940s
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (19 x 14 cm)
- Description
- A pamphlet made of black ink on yellowing paper. The front cover features a drawing of a woman and her two children walk through a cemetery littered with grave markers. Text under the drawing reads: [Wives or Widows? / By Katherine Beecher]. The interior consists of thirty-one pages of text and drawings. The back cover features a tear-away sign up for American Peace Mobilization.
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Type
- pamphlets
- Topic
- Families
- International affairs
- Mass media
- Political organizations
- Politics
- Women
- World War II
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
- Object number
- 2010.55.40
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions