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Untitled
- Created by
- Tenney, Gordon, American, born 1927
- Date
- July 1955
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet and Image): 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
- H x W (Mat): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
- Caption
- "Standing together outside in silence, children of Negro cotton farmers timidly await a teacher's instructions to register for school."
- Source: "A 'Morally Right' Decision: An Arkansas school board does some soul searching and Negro children enter desegregated classes," Life Magazine, July 25, 1955, p. 29.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of six African American children lined up against a brick wall. A few white children are walking around in the foreground.
- Place depicted
- Hoxie, Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard Greenberg Gallery
- Object number
- 2012.169.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Gordon Tenney
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Simeon Booker and Moses Newson Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Booker, Simeon, American, 1918 - 2017
- Newson, Moses James, American, born 1927
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Tri-State Defender, American, founded 1951
- Till, Emmett, American, 1941 - 1955
- Little Rock Central High School, American, founded 1927
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Date
- July 13, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:32:24
- Description
- The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.31.1a, 2011.174.31.1b, 2011.174.31.1c, 2011.174.31.1d, 2011.174.31.1e, 2011.174.31.1f, and 2011.174.31.1g.
- Simeon Booker and Moses Newson recall their early careers in journalism at several African American newspapers. Newson remembers covering school desegregation cases in Clinton, Tennessee and Hoxie, Arkansas, for the Memphis Tri-State Defender. Booker discusses covering the Emmett Till murder and the integration of Little Rock High School for Jet. They both remember covering the Freedom Rides and the March on Washington.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0031
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Hoxie, Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
- Little Rock, Oulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- American South
- Civil rights
- Education
- Justice
- Law
- Mass media
- Segregation
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.31.1a-g
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Architectural plumbing fixture template by Universal Rundle Corporation
- Manufactured by
- Universal Rundle Corporation, American, founded 1948
- Owned by
- Chase, John S., American, 1925 - 2012
- Date
- mid-late 20th century
- Medium
- ink, plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 3/16 × 10 1/8 in. (18.2 × 25.7 cm)
- Description
- Architectural plumbing fixture template by Universal Rundle Corporation owned by John Chase. The green template has black printed text and cut out areas in various shapes. The plastic is partially transparent. At the top, printed text in the center reads [PLUMBING FIXTURE TEMPLATE FOR ACHITECTS]. There is an address and phone number in the center for the company. On either side of the title is the logo for Universal Rundle. There are sections to1/4, 1/8, and 1/16 scale. There are bordered sections for “handicap units” and “elevations.” The reverse is blank, with the printed text visible through the plastic.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- templates
- Topic
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Design
- Labor
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Drucie Rucker Chase
- Object number
- 2018.69.3.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Bronco Busting.
- Published by
- S.A. Longenecker & Company, American, founded 1908
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1909
- Medium
- lithographic ink on paper (fiber product) with ink
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 7/16 × 5 3/8 in. (8.7 × 13.7 cm)
- Description
- This chromolithographic postcard features a color image of three men riding horses. Each of the men wear hats, long-sleeve shirts, pants and boots. The horse the man in the center of the photograph is riding is attempting to buck its rider. It is standing vertically on its hind legs and its back is arched. The two men on the left and right watch. The man on the left has his back to the camera. There are people standing behind a fence in he distance. On the back of the postcard printed brown text reads [THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES / POST / CARD / THIS SIDE SPACE FOR ADDRESSES]. Handwritten text on the left reads [Dear maml: John / will see by [illegible] / I am in Deadwood / I am attegting / Grand Lodge am / having a fine time / wish you was here / the scenery here is / just beatiful / Emma]. The text on the right reads [Mrs. John Horning / Penfield / Penn]. The green postage stamp in the top right corner features an image of Benjamin Franklin and resembles US currency. A stamp in the top center reads [DEADWOOD / MAY 20 / I- 30P / 1909 / S. DAK.].The American flag is stamped over the word [POST CARD].
- Place used
- Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States, North and Central America
- Penfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.37.35.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible