Photograph by

Siddell Studio, American, founded 1916

Subject of

Guilford County Schools, American, founded 1875

Unidentified Child or Children

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Sheet): 3 1/2 × 5 3/4 in. (8.9 × 14.6 cm)

H x W (Image): 5 5/16 × 3 1/16 in. (13.5 × 7.8 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Place depicted

Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date

ca. 1916

Description

A black and white photograph of a covered school bus with spoked wheels with [No. 2 / Guilford County Schools], stenciled on the side of the bus. A young girl wearing a white dress is climbing into the back of the bus and other children can be seen through the bus windows. There are two black ink marks on the verso. A stamp in black ink on the back, center, identifies the photographer. A handwritten note on the back in blue ink identifies the subject. A number has been handwritten on the back in black ink.

Topic

African American

Children

Education

Photography

Rural life

Transportation

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

2014.94.9

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

See more items in

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Directed by

Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936

Subject of

Mosaic Templars of America, American, 1882 - 1930s

Medium

16mm Film (a): acetate film;

Film Reel (b): metal;

Film Can (c): plastic

Dimensions

Duration: 13 Minutes

Length (Film): 350 Feet

Type

motion pictures (information artifacts)

Place filmed

Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

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

Arkansas, United States, North and Central America

Oklahoma+City"&edan_local=1&op=Search">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

Date

1924-1928

Caption

Rev. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, businessman, and amateur filmmaker. This collection of home movies by Jones documents African American communities in Oklahoma between 1924 and 1928, depicting residents at work and in their homes, as well as activities at local schools, businesses, and churches. Community social events such as parades and funerals are prominently featured.

Description

A 16mm silent, black and white film (a) with original metal Kodascope film reel (b) and original plastic film can (c) featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones, the first in a collection of nine films.

Consists of: 16mm Film (a), Original Film Reel (b), Original Film Can (c).

2011.79.1.1a: 16mm film.

This film begins with congregants exiting down the front steps of a church and walking by the camera. They are all dressed in semi-formal attire with some wearing hats. After showing a close-up of some of the congregants, the footage shows the front of a grocery and cafe. There are children and adults standing in front of the store. A woman in a waitress uniform comes out of the store, turns in front of the camera and walks back inside. The next footage shows the front of the Douglass School, possibly in Oklahoma City. The camera pans around to show adults and children in the front of the school, parked cars, and other nearby buildings. The next scene shows children in front of a different building, possibly another school, lined up in rows with many holding books. They begin walking in formation passing in front of the camera. After showing some adults standing in front of the building, the footage then shows children playing on a playground. The next scene shows the children climbing into automobiles with long rear seating areas and driving down a hill away from the building and passing in front of the camera. The next scene shows agricultural work with scenes of men performing various tasks. They work with trucks and mechanized equipment to bag the crops and transport them. The next scene shows women and children working in a field and a man riding a plow pulled by a horse. There is footage of a family walking out of a farmhouse, probably the same family from the previous footage in the field. The next scene shows a swimming pool followed by a panning shot of a residential neighborhood with single family homes. Some of the residents walk in and out of their homes so that they can be filmed. There is footage of a man in a commercial area with a sign that reads "Yukon's Best Flour," although the footage is probably not from the town of Yukon, Oklahoma. The next shot shows the front of the Mosaic Temple of America building. There is a brief shot of a storefront window before more footage of single family homes in a residential neighborhood. There are more shots of residents on their porches, both adults and children. The footage again shows the commercial area including a billboard advertising Camel cigarettes. There is more footage of people leaving the front door of a building followed by another scene of agricultural work with a team of horses pulling a plow and men working. Following that, there is a brief shot of a man standing next to a horse and buggy. The next scene shows a man and woman outside of a house under construction that appears to be close to completion. The camera then shows more homes and a brief street scene of two men grappling for the camera.

2011.79.1.1b: Original film reel.

2011.79.1.1c: Original film can. Inscribed on the outside of the canister is, in red ink [#], followed in black ink by [1] / [SEE LIST]. A handwritten inscription on white adhesive label reads: [Cont'd OKC Jones 1 / SEE LIST Potatoes Wybark].

Topic

African American

Advertising

Agriculture

American South

American West

Business

Children

Communities

Domestic life

Education

Fraternal organizations

Rural life

United States--Social life and customs

Credit Line

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

Object number

2011.79.1.1abc

Restrictions & Rights

Public Domain

See more items in

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Directed by

Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936

Medium

16mm Film (a): acetate film;

Film Reel (b): metal;

Film Can (c): metal

Dimensions

Duration: 12 Minutes

Length (Film): 350 Feet

Type

motion pictures (information artifacts)

Place filmed

Langston, Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

Date

1924-1928

Caption

Rev. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, businessman, and amateur filmmaker. This collection of home movies by Jones documents African American communities in Oklahoma between 1924 and 1928, depicting residents at work and in their homes, as well as activities at local schools, businesses, and churches. Community social events such as parades and funerals are prominently featured.

Description

A 16mm silent, black and white film (a) with original metal film reel (b) and original metal film can (c) featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones, the second in a collection of nine films.

There is an inscription on the metal canister in red ink that is partially obscured by two whtie labels, visible is [ance # 2]. The '2' has been written over again in black ink, and below it is [SEE LIST] also in black ink. Written on the adhesive labels in black ink is [Oklahoma - Jones / This is on video 2].

The film opens with people dressed in semi-formal attire leaving the front door of a building. The next scene shows a woman shaking hands of people leaving the front door. Then same woman is then shown feeding chickens. The next scene shows the Mount Olive Baptist Church where S. S. Jones was the pastor. The next series of footage shows sheep in a field, two women and a girl on a front porch, and one of the women driving a car and exiting it to return to the porch. There is footage of the Langston, Oklahoma, post office, and cars pulling up to a gas station. The next scene shows a parade with soldiers in uniform followed by a group of men and then a group of women, perhaps students from the Colored Agricultural and Normal University (now Langston University). A man feeds chickens in the next scene that also shows a farmhouse and poultry houses. Several well-dressed men walk around outside. The next footage shows a group of several buildings, perhaps the university that the students paraded in front of earlier in the film. The following scene shows a man and a woman in front of a store with ducks. That is followed by footage of men and women picking cotton in a field. The next scene shows picked cotton in wagons pulled by horses. The cotton is removed from the wagons using a long tube attached to a building. The next footage shows cotton coming out of a door wrapped up in bales. The men roll the cotton out of the door. The next scene shows a large house with a car pulling up in front of it, then there is footage of a steam locomotive pulling passenger rail cars. The next scene shows men walking out of a store with a "Meat-Market" sign hanging over the front door. There is also some footage of the store interior. The next scene shows men and women dressed in semi-formal attire leaving the front door of what appears to be a school. A different school building that people exit in the next scene is identified as Vernon High School.

Topic

African American

Advertising

Agriculture

American South

American West

Architecture

Business

Children

Communities

Domestic life

Rural life

United States--Social life and customs

Credit Line

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

Object number

2011.79.2.1abc

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

See more items in

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Directed by

Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936

Medium

16mm Film (a): acetate film;

Film Reel (b): plastic;

Film Can (c): plastic

Dimensions

Duration: 12 Minutes

Length (Film): 350 Feet

Type

motion pictures (information artifacts)

Place filmed

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

Date

1924-1928

Caption

Rev. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, businessman, and amateur filmmaker. This collection of home movies by Jones documents African American communities in Oklahoma between 1924 and 1928, depicting residents at work and in their homes, as well as activities at local schools, businesses, and churches. Community social events such as parades and funerals are prominently featured.

Description

A 16mm silent, black and white film (a) with original plastic film reel (b) and original plastic film can (c) featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones, the fourth in a collection of nine films.

Inscribed on the outside of the canister in is [#] in red ink and [5] in black ink. A handwritten inscription on a white adhesive label reads: [Okmulgee, Okla - Wealthy Black Fam / Oil well / Farm].

The film begins with a man and a woman walking up the front porch of a house. The next scene shows the exterior of a house, probably the same one shown at the beginning of the film. The next shows men and women walking out of the door of a building, probably a church, and down the stairs. Many of the men and women are wearing hats. Two men stand on either side of the doorway while the people walk by. This footage continues for about four minutes. A title sign with Deacon and Mrs. M. C. Brown's First Farm Home appears in the next scene, and then the footage shows the Browns and various buildings and their fields. The next title sign reads At Their Daily Occupation. The footage shows horses pulling a man, probably Deacon Brown, on a plow, then a woman, probably Mrs. Brown, coming out to give the man something to drink. There is some brief footage of a group of children. The next title sign reads Their Second Farm Home. A man comes out to feed the horses, and there are also chickens in the footage. Chickens are being fed in front of the house in the next scene. Another title sign reads Their First Oil Well 2,000 Barrels Daily. A man and two women walk beneath an oil derrick. The footage shows a field with other oil derricks at various places on the landscape. A man holds another title sign that reads Their Second Oil Well 3,000 Barrels Daily. The footage shows the oil derrick then many others on the landscape along with houses. The next scene shows several people get into a car and drive away from the camera. Another title sign reads The Public School On Mr. & Mrs. Brown's Farm Near Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The footage shows children in front of a school building. The next title sign reads Their Present Home 908 E. 3rd St. Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The footage shows a car drive up to the house and the Jones get out and walk up to the front door. The next title sign reads Dunbar High School In Action Prof. W. H. Fort Principal Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Children of various ages are shown dancing and playing in the schoolyard. Another scene shows boys and then girls doing calisthenics. The next scenes shows girls playing basketball followed by boys playing football. Girls are shown doing calisthenics. The next scene shows men and women exiting a building, perhaps the school. The next scene shows a group of men standing in front of a brick church building, and the final scene briefly shows the exterior of a house.

Topic

African American

Agriculture

American South

American West

Business

Children

Communities

Domestic life

Education

Families

Labor

Recreation

Rural life

United States--Social life and customs

Credit Line

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

Object number

2011.79.5.1abc

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

See more items in

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Directed by

Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936

Medium

16mm Film (a): acetate film;

Film Reel (b): metal;

Film Can (c): metal

Dimensions

Duration: 16 Minutes

Length (Film): 440 Feet

Type

motion pictures (information artifacts)

Place filmed

Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

Date

1924-1928

Caption

Rev. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, businessman, and amateur filmmaker. This collection of home movies by Jones documents African American communities in Oklahoma between 1924 and 1928, depicting residents at work and in their homes, as well as activities at local schools, businesses, and churches. Community social events such as parades and funerals are prominently featured.

Description

A 16mm silent, black and white film (a) with original metal film reel (b) and original metal film can (c) featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones, the seventh in a collection of nine films.

On the outside of the metal can are handwritten inscriptions on three white adhesive labels reading: [Acc Oklahoma Jones], [Kids Playing / Basketball], and [pumping gas / oil]. In the center is a yellowed label reading [O.K. / Rev. S S Jones / Reel reel - Red / Needs a leader.] on top of an impinted design.

The film begins with footage from a gas station. The camera pans around the intersection in a commercial district with cars passing by in front of the camera. The next scene shows a man and a woman come out of a house and get into a car. Then the man and woman are seen in a field with cows. Then there is footage of two men in a cotton field. The woman is shown feeding chickens. The exteriors of two buildings are shown, and one of them is possibly the Grand Lodge of the Knights and Pythias. The next scene returns to the farm and a man working with horses and a woman taking care of some plants on the porch. Then a group of people walk out of the house and to a car in the front yard. At another house, a woman feeds the chickens and the camera shows a portrait of the family on the porch before they walk past the camera. Ducks walk around in the front yard. The footage shows people walking around in the yard. The next scene shows women exiting a building. After the women exit, men exit through the same door. There are also some children. The next scene appears to show those same people standing in a line as the camera pans and shows the group. There is a quick scene of children playing followed by young adult men and women walking down the steps after exiting the front door of a building. After a group of adults, possibly teachers, poses on the front steps and walks down, a large group of children walk out of the door and down the stairs. Following the children are more young adults. The next scene shows some of the students in the front of the school performing choreographed exercises and dances. The next scene is in a rural area with a building and an oil derrick. In the next scene, a man walks out of his house and is handed stacks of paper, perhaps money. The next scene shows four people standing on the front porch of a house before they walk down the front stairs. There are some other residential street scenes, and then footage of activity at a gas station. The next scene shows adults and children on the front porch of a house, and then the footage shows the exterior of the Eaglewing Hotel. The next scene shows the window sign for the State of Oklahoma Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge. The camera pans the exterior of the building, and a man comes out of a door and walks down the stairs to the sidewalk. The next footage shows a house and then a storefront. The next scene shows men working on a car, and then there is another scene at a gas station. The camera shows a Use Magnolia Gasoline and Magnolene Motor Oils and Greases advertisement painted on the side of the gas station building. The next scene shows a large house with a little girl playing outside. Then a man comes up to the porch and three women come out from inside. The next scene shows a farm and a woman feeding chickens. There is also footage of horses pulling equipment. The next scene shows a building with a long staircase and people coming outside to pose for a large group portrait. The footage includes the photographer setting up the camera. The crowd begins waving their hands and hats in the air as the film ends.

Topic

African American

Advertising

Agriculture

American South

American West

Amusements

Business

Children

Communities

Domestic life

Education

Families

Fraternal organizations

Play

Rural life

Transportation

United States--Social life and customs

Credit Line

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

Object number

2011.79.7.1abc

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

See more items in

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Havens, O. Pierre, American, 1838 - 1912

Subject of

Unidentified Woman or Women

Unidentified Child or Children

Medium

albumen and silver on paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 4 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. (12.1 × 20 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 5 3/16 × 8 3/8 in. (13.2 × 21.3 cm)

Type

cabinet photographs

albumen prints

Place printed

Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date

1888-1912

Description

A cabinet card with an albumen print of three (3) unidentified women and seven (7) unidentified children posed on the porch of a wooden house. The women all sit in chairs, with one woman seated at the right background alone. The other two women are surrounded by the children who are seated and standing, with one young child in the lap of one of the women. The building is surrounded by a swept yard and a rough-hewn fence. The title "Folks Al [sic] Home" is imprinted in the lower left facing side of the image. The photographer's name and address are printed in black ink on the reverse of the gray card mount, with an additional handwritten inscription on the back with the name Herman Barthmaier.

Topic

African American

American South

Children

Domestic life

Families

Photography

Rural life

United States--History--1865-1921

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection

Object number

2016.166.13

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

See more items in

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

Liljenquist Family Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Clark, H. S., American

Subject of

Unidentified Woman or Women

Unidentified Child or Children

Medium

albumen and silver on paper

Dimensions

H x W (image): 3 7/8 × 5 7/16 in. (9.9 × 13.8 cm)

H x W x D (card): 6 1/2 × 4 3/16 × 1/16 in. (16.5 × 10.7 × 0.1 cm)

Type

albumen prints

Place captured

Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date

1880s

Description

A reddish-brown photograph of a woman with two children in Georgia. The image shows a small log house with a picket fence in front. The fence has a gate which is open. A tree is on the right side of the photograph. Behind the gate is the front door of the cabin with three steps leading up to the door. The two children are sitting on the top step. A girl wearing a dark colored dress is sitting on the left and a boy wearing lighter colored clothing sits on the right. Both children are barefoot. A woman wearing a light colored dress with a dark colored top and a headscarf is standing behind the children in the doorway to the house. All three people are looking at the camera. There is a window to either side of the door; the one on the right side of the image is missing several panes and a light colored material is hanging in the corner. Printed vertically in black ink on the left side of the photograph is “FROM Clark’s.” Printed in black ink on the back of the photograph is “H.S. CLARK / Photographer / THOMASVILLE, GA.”

Topic

African American

American South

Children

Domestic life

Families

Housing

Photography

Rural life

United States--History--1865-1921

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family

Object number

2018.43.20

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

See more items in

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

Liljenquist Family Collection

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture