Created by

Unidentified

Subject of

S.M. Jackson, American, 1894 - 1975

Jackson, Eunice, American, 1903 - 2004

Unidentified Woman or Women

Berry's Service Station, American, active 1920s

Medium

photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 2 3/4 × 4 5/8 in. (7 × 11.7 cm)

Type

photographs

portraits

Place depicted

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

Date

1926

Description

A black-and-white photograph of two (2) women and one (1) man standing in front of a dark-colored, 4-door automobile. The woman at the proper left is wearing a wide-brimmed hat, large studded earrings, a corsage, a button-up jacket with loose fitting sleeves and cuffs, gloves and a skirt. She is holding a handbag, and she is looking off to her left at a point out of the frame of the photograph. The man in the center, Samuel M. Jackson, is wearing a two-piece light-colored suit, a dark, patterned tie and a tie clip. He is holding a brimmed hat in his left hand and a cigar in his right hand, and he is looking at the camera. The woman on the proper right, Eunice Jackson, is wearing a hat with a half brim, small studded earrings, a dark blouse with floppy collar, a suit jacket and skirt. She is holding a pair of gloves in her left hand, and a dark-colored handbag is resting in the crook of her left arm. She is looking at the camera. In the background of the photograph, on proper left, building signs read [BERRY'S/ SERVICE STATION] [WASHING/ STORAGE/ GREASING]. In the background center there are seven (7) power line poles, and a building in the distance. Partially visible in the background at proper right is a building with signs for Williams One Stop Garage. A pickup truck is parked under the building's carport.

Topic

African American

American South

American West

Business

Communities

Transportation

Credit Line

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

Object number

2014.75.2

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

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

Created by

Unidentified

Owned by

Elliott, Lilian Johnson, American

Attributed to

Elliott Department Store, American

Medium

metal, rhinestone, vitreous enamel

Dimensions

H x W x D: 7/8 x 1 5/8 x 3/8 in. (2.2 x 4.1 x .95 cm.)

Type

brooches

Place used

Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

Date

1920s

Description

Trapezoidal Art Deco brooch with a pale gold and ebony enamel design featuring prominent clusters of rhinestones. Curved and straight lines lead to a square ebony-colored center. The brooch front has a smooth, lacquered finish.

Topic

African American

American South

American West

Beauty culture

Business

Clothing and dress

Communities

Families

Fashion

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Willis and Julia Elliott Family

Object number

2014.102

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Adornment

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

Created by

Unidentified

Subject of

Berry's Service Station, American, active 1920s

Medium

photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 3 1/4 × 4 7/8 in. (8.3 × 12.4 cm)

Type

photographs

Place depicted

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

Date

1920-1925

Description

A black-and-white photograph of the Jackson Funeral Home ambulance. The vehicle is parked in front of a two-story brick building, facing to the right. The ambulance is light colored, has two (2) doors and a hatch back, and has a spare tire attached above its front right fender. The vehicle is damaged, with a dented right door and running board, cracked and broken front and side windows, and a scuffed rear hubcap. On the side of the ambulance is painted [EMERGENCY AMBULANCE JACKSON]. In the background of the photograph, on proper left, the signs on the brick building read [BERRY'S/ SERVICE STATION] [WASHING/ STORAGE/ GREASING]. The image is surrounded by a printed, decorative border with the word [ELKO] in each corner.

Topic

African American

American South

American West

Business

Communities

Credit Line

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

Object number

2014.75.3

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

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

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

Created by

Unidentified

Subject of

McKay, A.L., American

Escoe Jackson, American, born 1903

Ragsdale, Hartwell, American, 1891 - 1965

S.M. Jackson, American, 1894 - 1975

Ragsdale, Louis, American, born 1901

Berry, John E., American, born 1901

Hardman, Doldmon, American, 1895 - 1965

Sango, Alexander G.W., American, born 1868

Unidentified Man or Men

Unidentified Child or Children

Medium

photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 4 5/8 × 6 5/8 in. (11.7 × 16.8 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place depicted

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

Date

1926

Description

A black-and-white photograph of a group of men at the State Funeral Directors and Embalmers Meeting held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There are two (2) rows of men standing and sitting in front of an automobile parked underneath a carport. The picture was taken in front of the Jackson Funeral Home located at 617 East Archer Street in the Greenwood District. At the upper right of the photograph is the lower half of the Funeral Home sign: [HOME/ AMBULANCE SERVICE/ DAY AND NIGHT/ PHONE 2-4710]. At the lower right of the photograph is the photographer's studio mark: [Randle/ Photo Tulsa].

In the first row, three (3) men are kneeling, with a young boy in a sailor suit standing in the middle of the row, The people in the first row are identified, from left to right, as: Mr. Jones; boy unknown; man unknown; Mr. Berry.

In the second row, there are eight (8) men, five standing and three sitting on the bumper of the car, identified from left to right: A.L. McKay; Escoe Jackson; unknown man; Hartwell Ragsdale; Mr. Miller; S.M. Jackson; Mr. Stewart; Louis Ragsdale.

In the background, there are two men sitting on the carport ledge, identified from left to right: Doldmon Harbin; A.G.W. Sango.

Topic

African American

American South

American West

Business

Children

Communities

Credit Line

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

Object number

2014.75.88

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

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

Created by

Unidentified

Subject of

Jackson, Eunice, American, 1903 - 2004

Jackson, Samuel M. Jr., American, 1925 - 1928

Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium

photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 4 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (11.4 × 7 cm)

Type

photographs

portraits

Place depicted

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

Date

1926

Description

A black-and-white photograph of three (3) women next to a parked car, with a baby sitting on the hood of the car. The woman at the proper left of the photograph is Eunice Jackson. She is standing with her left hand outstretched over the hood of the car, grinning broadly, and she is wearing a dropped-waist knee-length dress and necklace, overcoat, stockings, and heels. At the center of the photograph, the baby Samuel Jackson Jr. is posed sitting on the hood of the car. He is wearing light-colored bunting and a cap, and he is grasping the car's hood ornament with his right hand. In front of Samuel Jr., a second woman is sitting on the bumper of the car, positioned in between the headlights. She is wearing an overcoat, fur stole, dress, stockings and heels. On the proper right side of the photograph, a woman stands, facing the camera, leaning slightly on the left fender of the car. She is wearing a light-colored dress, dark-colored overcoat, stockings, heels, and hat. The car appears to be parked under a flat-roofed portico or awning with brick columns. In the foreground, there is the shadow of the person taking the photograph. According to handwriting on the back of the photograph, the other women pictured are Lottie(?) Johnson and Mable Davis(?).

Topic

African American

American South

American West

Children

Communities

Families

Credit Line

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

Object number

2014.75.62

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

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

Produced by

Norman Studios, American, 1920 - 1928

Subject of

Criner, John L., American, 1898 - 1965

Boyd, Kathryn, American, 1897 - 1965

Reynolds, Steve, American, 1892 - 1945

Tatum, Lee B., American, 1861 - 1933

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W (image): 38 × 24 in. (96.5 × 61 cm)

H x W (sheet): 41 × 27 in. (104.1 × 68.6 cm)

Type

posters

Place filmed

Tatums, Carter County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

Date

1928

Description

An illustrated movie poster with a yellow background. At top left is a red heart-shaped vignette of a man in a plaid shirt embracing a woman in a white blouse. Next to this is blue text that reads [Action! / Love! / Thrills!] Followed by black, gold and red text reading [The Norman Studios / present / BLACK GOLD / with / An All-Colored Cast] followed by smaller text in black: [One of the true stories / of living colored examples / Featuring LAWRENCE CRINER - KATHRYN BOYD / STEVEL REYNOLDS - (Peg) MARSHALL - B - TATUMS / and the entire ALL-COLORED CITY of TATUMS, OKLAHOMO in A STIRRING EPIC OF THE OIL FIELDS / Produced by NORMAN STUDIOS, ARLINGTON, FLA.]. In the lower left corner is an image of a burning oil rig. Next to it is an image of a woman standing over a seated man with a bandage on his head. Beside them, wearing a wide brimmed hat is a one legged man on a crutch, holding a gun.

Topic

African American

American West

Communities

Race films

Western films

Credit Line

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

Object number

2013.118.12

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Collection title

A Cinema Apart: African American Film Memorabilia (Larry Richards Collection)

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Second Floor, 2 050

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture