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  • Liberty House Marketing Warehouse - Shipping B

    Photograph by
    Dr. Derby, Doris, American
    Subject of
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Liberty House, American, 1965 - 1974
    Poor People's Corporation, American, 1965 - 1974
    Date
    1968
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 2401 pixels × 2119 pixels
    Description
    A black-and-white image of an interior view of the Liberty House marketing B. The image is in portrait orientation and depicts two women working at a table to prepare items for shipping. The woman furthes from the viewer (left) has a white head wrap and is wearing a white turtleneck and is looking towards the table. The woman on the right is wearing a colored turtleneck and has curly hair. The woman on the right is weighing a box that has the Liberty House logo on it. there are other objects on the counter in the bottom of the image, including a basket, a circular contain, a roll of paper, and two of the Liberty House catalogs (Similar to Reference #1). There are other wrapping and packagin materials visible (including paper on a large spool, trash cans in the background, and shelves of other materials).
    Place captured
    Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Topic
    American South
    Business
    Civil Rights
    Labor
    Poverty
    Resistance
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.23.12.4
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Doris A. Derby
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e39979f3-0258-469d-862d-b3de84b7466a
  • Liberty House Marketing Warehouse - Inventory

    Photograph by
    Dr. Derby, Doris, American
    Subject of
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Liberty House, American, 1965 - 1974
    Poor People's Corporation, American, 1965 - 1974
    Date
    1968
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1104 pixels × 728 pixels
    Description
    A black-and-white image of the interior of the Liberty House Marketing Warehouse. The image is in portrait orientation and depicts a young man conducting inventory. He wears a dark collared shirt and pants, a white apron, and holds two dolls in his hands in front of a shelf of dolls.
    Place captured
    Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Topic
    American South
    Business
    Civil Rights
    Labor
    Poverty
    Resistance
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.23.12.5
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Doris A. Derby
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5db8962b6-32df-492f-ba52-0451903f2773
  • PPC Producer Co-ops - Annual Meeting

    Photograph by
    Dr. Derby, Doris, American
    Subject of
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Poor People's Corporation, American, 1965 - 1974
    Liberty House, American, 1965 - 1974
    Date
    1968
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 725 pixels × 1114 pixels
    Description
    A black-and-white image of the annual meeting of the Poor People's Corporation Producer Co-ops. The image is in landscape orientation and depicts a large group of people, both men and women, sitting in a large circle around three tables pushed together in a large room. Most of the individuals are sitting back away from the table, with papers in their hands. In the foreground, there are two men with their backs to the viewer, close to the table. There is an individual holding a Liberty House catalog (like Reference #1) open in their hands, but their body is cut off from the picture. There are large boxes and another folded table in the background against the wall (which has vertical wood paneling). There is also a smaller structure in the back left corner of the image, inside the room, with a bulletin board with various pieces of paper stuck to it.
    Place captured
    Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Topic
    American South
    Business
    Civil Rights
    Labor
    Poverty
    Resistance
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.23.12.7
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Doris A. Derby
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54ab4d7f9-3af1-41dd-83fe-1113cc2de1a3
  • Una Sewing Co-op - Black Dolls A

    Photograph by
    Dr. Derby, Doris, American
    Subject of
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Liberty House, American, 1965 - 1974
    Poor People's Corporation, American, 1965 - 1974
    Date
    1968
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1144 pixels × 1107 pixels
    Description
    A black-and-white image of a member of the Una Sewing Co-op making a doll. The image is in portrait orientation and depicts a close up of a woman's hands sewing a black doll. She is holding the head of the doll in her PL hand, and is pulling a piece of yarn attached to the doll with her right hand. The yarn is looped around her right hand. She has a angular ring on her PL hand ring finger and a braided bracelet on her PL hand. The background is not focused.
    Place captured
    Una, Clay County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Topic
    American South
    Business
    Civil Rights
    Labor
    Poverty
    Resistance
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.23.12.8
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Doris A. Derby
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c19e1610-bf32-4793-9078-9758a37e1e66
  • PPC Sewing Co-op - Patchwork Animals

    Photograph by
    Dr. Derby, Doris, American
    Subject of
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Poor People's Corporation, American, 1965 - 1974
    Liberty House, American, 1965 - 1974
    Date
    1970
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 2167 pixels × 3376 pixels
    Description
    A black-and-white image of members of a Poor People's Corporation sewing cooperative making patchwork animals. The image is in landscape orientation and depicts a group of women sitting in a building with wooden floors, some are sewing. By the window on the left side of the image, a light wood table with two women on either side of the table using sewing machines.The woman at the table facing the viewer is using a white sewing machine and is wearing a stripped shirt; the woman with her back to the viewer is using a dark colored sewing machine and has a white shirt on with checker pants. There is another darker table next to the lighter table (in the middle of the room) with an older woman with her hair wrapped working on a white sewing machine, with lots of squares of fabric laid out on the table. There are four (4) women sitting in the background in chairs against the wall, the woman on the right is holding fabric and the woman next to her (to the left) is holding a piece of paper. There is a table in the back right corner with shelves underneath.
    Place captured
    Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Topic
    American South
    Business
    Civil Rights
    Labor
    Poverty
    Resistance
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.23.12.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Doris A. Derby
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5356fccf4-bff9-49a8-8097-19e67238fb1c
  • Una Sewing Co-op - Black Dolls B

    Photograph by
    Dr. Derby, Doris, American
    Subject of
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Poor People's Corporation, American, 1965 - 1974
    Liberty House, American, 1965 - 1974
    Date
    1968
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1280 pixels × 875 pixels
    Description
    A black-and-white image of a member of the Una Sewing Co-op making a doll. The image is in portrait orientation and depicts a close-up shot of a woman (her PL side) cutting a piece of fabric. The woman's hair is wrapped, and she is wearing a white sweater with her sleeves pushed up and a checkered dress underneath. She has a thin watch on her PL wrist. There is a black Singer (R) sewing machine in the background.
    Place captured
    Una, Clay County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Topic
    American South
    Business
    Civil Rights
    Labor
    Poverty
    Resistance
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.23.12.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Doris A. Derby
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5061627d0-06e3-4b90-acb6-dd379ce130f5
  • Liberty House Marketing Warehouse - Shipping A

    Photograph by
    Dr. Derby, Doris, American
    Subject of
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Liberty House, American, 1965 - 1974
    Poor People's Corporation, American, 1965 - 1974
    Date
    1968
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 2368 pixels × 3456 pixels
    Description
    A black-and-white image of the interior of the Liberty House warehouse. The image is in landscape orientation and depicts two women working at a table to prepare items for shipping. The woman furthest from the viewer (left) has a white head wrap and is wearing a white turtleneck and is looking at the box the other woman (right) is weight. The woman on the right is wearing a colored turtleneck and has curly hair. The box has the Liberty House logo on the right. There are other objects on the counter in the front right of the picture (a basket and a circular container). There are other wrapping and packaging materials visible on the table (including paper on a large spool, etc). There is a glow at the PL shoulder of the woman on the right.
    Place captured
    Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Topic
    American South
    Business
    Civil Rights
    Labor
    Poverty
    Resistance
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.23.12.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Doris A. Derby
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd529b71d72-1c46-4267-bb8a-fafd6476d539
  • Liberty House Rep. Fay Bellamy Powell - LA Trade Show

    Photograph by
    Dr. Derby, Doris, American
    Subject of
    Bellamy Powell, Fay D., American, 1938 - 2013
    Liberty House, American, 1965 - 1974
    Poor People's Corporation, American, 1965 - 1974
    Date
    1970
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 4608 pixels × 6912 pixels
    Description
    A black-and-white image of Liberty House Rep. Fay Bellamy Powell at a Los Angeles Trade Show. The image is in landscape orientation and depicts a woman wearing a tan suit (jacket and bell bottom pants) standing in the aisle of a booth. A sign in background of booth to the left is white with black and white type, reading [spenco / MEDICAL CORP. / "INNOVATIONS IN / SPORTS & MEDICINE]. The tables are covered with black cloth, and there are various types of textiles laid out on them, a hanging art piece with a sun and crab on the front of the left table, hanging on the side. There is also various shirts and bags hanging on the backdrop for the booth, a chair in the middle of the aisle, and two signs on white paper in the background to the right of the booth, top one is typed and [LIBERTY HOUSE] is legible, and the bottom one appears handwritten. There are two more folding chairs underneath the handwritten sign.
    Place captured
    Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Topic
    American South
    Business
    Civil Rights
    Labor
    Poverty
    Resistance
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.23.12.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Doris A. Derby
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d09d6ce0-d7c8-42fc-8208-d1ab6dd53876
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