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Poster advertising a game between the Kansas City Monarchs and the Harlem Stars

A Negro American League baseball poster featuring Satchel Paige and Goose Tatum. The poster is white at top and has a white border. The text at the top of the poster is red and says “VICTORY FIELD / INDIANAPOLIS / FRI. AUG. 31 8:00 p. m. / Adults $1.25 Children 12 & Under 25¢....

Printed by: Unidentified
Subject of: Paige, Satchel, American, 1906 - 1982; Tatum, Goose, American, 1921 - 1967; Negro League Baseball Players Association, American, founded 1990; Kansas City Monarchs, American, 1920 - 1965; New York Harlem Stars, American, 1931 - 1931

Medium: ink on cardboard
Dimensions: H x W: 21 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (55.2 x 34.9 cm)

Type: posters

Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
Exhibition: Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052

Place printed: Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America; Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1945

Description: A Negro American League baseball poster featuring Satchel Paige and Goose Tatum. The poster is white at top and has a white border. The text at the top of the poster is red and says “VICTORY FIELD / INDIANAPOLIS / FRI. AUG. 31 8:00 p. m. / Adults $1.25 Children 12 & Under 25¢. Below this in white text in a blcak square is "NEGRO American LEAGUE / BASEBALL." Printed in black ink on a red background is “25 TIMES WORLD’S / Champions / Kansas City / Monarchs / VS / Harlem Stars / FEATURING THE CLOWN PRINCE OF BASEBALL GOOSE TATUM.” Images of Goose Tatum and Stchel Page are also printed on the red background. At the bottom of the poster in white text on a black background is “SEE – IN ACTION – LE ROY ‘SATCHEL’ PAIGE / ‘THE AGELESS WONDER’ REPUTEDLY THE / GREATEST PITCHER OF ALL TIME!”

Topic: Athletes; Baseball; Segregation

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2013.135.3

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

Portrait of Brady Patton

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: Patton, Brady, American

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 11/16 × 7 7/16 in. (24.6 × 18.9 cm); H x W (Sheet): 14 13/16 × 11 5/16 in. (37.6 × 28.7 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of Brady Patton holding a chicken. Patton is featured standing behind a chicken wire fence. He is holding the chicken in his right hand. Patton is wearing a long-sleeve shirt, pants, and loafers. He is looking at the camera and smiling. The photograph is mounted to a thick cardstock. Below the image, on the bottom of the mount, an inscription reads: [Brady Patton / 1970 / Martha Olson]. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic: Agriculture; American South; Children; Communities; Photography; Rural life

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.102

Restrictions & Rights: © Martha Olson

Portrait of Otho Barnes

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: Barnes, Otho, American, 1876 - 1975

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 21 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (54.6 × 24.1 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Open): 20 × 32 in. (50.8 × 81.3 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of Otho Barnes. Barnes is pictured seated with his hands on his lap. He is wearing a dress shirt, tie, jacket and dress pants and hat. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. Below the photograph handwritten text in ink reads: [Mr. Otho Barnes 1970 Martha Olson]. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic: American South; Communities; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.5

Restrictions & Rights: © Martha Olson

Portrait of Annie Beatrice and Collie Ford

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: Ford, Annie Beatrice, American; Ford, Collie, American

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 11/16 × 7 1/2 in. (24.6 × 19.1 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Open): 17 × 28 in. (43.2 × 71.1 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of Annie Beatrice and Collie Ford. The two are at the center of the photograph, standing in the middle of a field. Annie Beatrice stands wearing a long coat and dress over pants. Collie stands to the left of the photograph wearing overalls and has his proper left arm around Annie. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. [Annie Beatrice and Collie Ford / 1970 / Martha Olson] is handwritten in pencil on the interior frame below the photograph. A [II] is handwritten on the interior of the frame. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic: American South; Communities; Families; Photography; Rural life

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.54

Restrictions & Rights: © Martha Olson

Portrait of Norma Pearl Sartin

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: Sartin, Norma Pearl, American

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Open): 17 × 28 in. (43.2 × 71.1 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of Norma Pearl Sartin. The close-up photograph features Sartin from the chest up. She is wearing a sweater over a collared shirt and crocheted hat. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. [Norma Pearl Sartin / 1970 / Martha Olson] is handwritten in pencil on the interior frame below the photograph. A [K] is handwritten on the interior of the frame. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic: American South; Communities; Education; Photography; Youth

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.58

Restrictions & Rights: © Martha Olson

Portrait of Laura Parker

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: Parker, Laura, American

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 17 × 14 1/16 in. (43.2 × 35.7 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Open): 17 × 28 1/16 in. (43.2 × 71.3 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of Laura Parker. Parker is featured looking towards the left of the photograph. She is sitting, with her proper left elbow on her leg and her proper left hand on her face. Parker is wearing a sweater over a shirt with a collar. Another person is partially visible in the left of the photograph. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame by plastic photograph corners. [Laura Parker / 1970 / Martha Olson] is handwritten in pencil on the interior frame below the photograph. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic: American South; Communities; Photography; Youth

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.62

Restrictions & Rights: © Martha Olson

Portrait of Lavada May

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: May, Lavada, American

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Open): 17 × 28 in. (43.2 × 71.1 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of Lavada May. She is featured from the shoulders up. May is looking directly at the camera. She is wearing a patterned shirt with a ruffled collar, hoop earrings, and a patterned headband. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic: American South; Communities; Education; Photography; Youth

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.80

Restrictions & Rights: © Martha Olson

Portrait of Ida Mae Nelson and her mom Irean Johnson

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: Nelson, Ida Mae, American; Johnson, Irean, American

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of Ida Mae Nelson (left) and her mom Irean Johnson (right). Both women are standing outside of a house and facing the camera. Nelson wears a top with a sweater over her shoulders and striped bell-bottom pants. She is holding a chain in her hands. Johnson wears a button-up shirt over a tunic and bell-bottom jeans. A car is visible in the background. A house is partially visible on the right side of the image. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic: American South; Communities; Domestic life; Families; Motherhood; Photography; Rural life; Youth

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.93

Restrictions & Rights: © Martha Olson

Portrait of an unidentified student in kindergarten class

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of an unidentified boy seated at a desk in a kindergarten classroom. The boy is turned towards the camera, looking over his proper right shoulder. He holds a paper with both hands. His proper right hand also holds a writing implement. Other desks are visible in the background. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic: American South; Children; Communities; Education; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.95

Restrictions & Rights: © Martha Olson

Text Book of the Madam C. J. Walker Schools of Beauty Culture

This hardback text book has a blue cloth cover with white lettering that reads "TEXT BOOK / OF THE / MADAM C. J. WALKER SCHOOLS / OF / BEAUTY CULTURE / The Mme. C. J. Walker Manufacturing Co., Inc." Text at the top of the spine reads "TEXT BOOK / OF / BEAUTY/ CULTURE." This copy is a Third Edition copyrighted 1940 and published by The Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Co., Inc....

Published by: Walker, Madam C.J. Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1906
Owned by: Walker, Madam C.J., American, 1867 - 1919

Medium: cardboard and cloth, ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 9 1/4 x 6 5/16 x 5/8 in. (23.5 x 16 x 1.6 cm)

Type: books

Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Place printed: Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1940

Description: This hardback text book has a blue cloth cover with white lettering that reads "TEXT BOOK / OF THE / MADAM C. J. WALKER SCHOOLS / OF / BEAUTY CULTURE / The Mme. C. J. Walker Manufacturing Co., Inc." Text at the top of the spine reads "TEXT BOOK / OF / BEAUTY/ CULTURE." This copy is a Third Edition copyrighted 1940 and published by The Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Co., Inc. It contains semi-glossy white pages with black text, graphics, and photographs demonstrating beauty treatments.

Topic: Beauty schools; Business; Education; Social life and customs; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of A'Lelia Bundles / Madam Walker Family Archives

Object number: 2013.153.1

Restrictions & Rights: © 1940 The Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Portrait of Naomi Jefferson

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: Jefferson, Naomi, American

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 13/16 × 7 7/8 in. (24.9 × 20 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Open): 17 × 28 in. (43.2 × 71.1 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of Naomi Jefferson. Jefferson is sitting in a chair in a field. She is facing the camera, wearing a dress, sweater, and glasses. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame with clear plastic photograph corners. Below the photograph handwritten text in pencil reads: [Martha Olson]. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions reading [Naomi Jefferson, step-grandmother to Ford lads, Columbia, MS 1970 / VP 024 / .024.tif / Martha Olson / 213 (crossed out)].

Topic: American South; Communities; Photography; Rural life

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.17

Restrictions & Rights: © Martha Olson

Portrait of Marion Bell and Josephine Irvin

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: Bell, Marion, American; Irvin, Josephine, American

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 17 × 14 1/16 in. (43.2 × 35.7 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Open): 17 × 28 1/16 in. (43.2 × 71.3 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of Marion Allen Bell and Josephine Irvin. Bell is featured in the front of the photograph in a close-up. She looks directly at the camera and is wearing a shirt with a collar. Irvin is in the background of the photograph, partially visible, behind Bell's proper left shoulder. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame by plastic photograph corners. [Martha Olson] is handwritten in pencil on the interior frame below the photograph. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic: American South; Communities; Education; Photography; Youth

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.42

Restrictions & Rights: © Martha Olson

Portrait of Anna and Otho Barnes

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: Barnes, Otho, American, 1876 - 1975; Barnes, Anna, American, 1888 - 1978

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 7/16 × 7 7/16 in. (24 × 18.9 cm); H x W (Sheet): 16 3/4 × 14 5/8 in. (42.5 × 37.1 cm); H x W (Frame): 19 13/16 × 17 5/8 in. (50.3 × 44.8 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of Anna and Otho Barnes. Anna and Otho are featured at the center of the photograph, standing on a set of stairs that lead up to a screen door. Anna is wearing a dress and apron and Otho is wearing pants and long-sleeved shirt with suspenders. The photograph is inside a frame. The back of the frame has several inscriptions about the subject of the photograph, the photographer, and numbers. A label on the back of the frame reads: [First Year of Integration of Miss. School]. The back of the frame also has two hooks and picture hanging wire attached.

Topic: American South; Communities; Domestic life; Families; Photography; Rural life

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.55

Restrictions & Rights: © Martha Olson

Portrait of Sartin boy peeking out window

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 10 × 7 15/16 in. (25.4 × 20.2 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Open): 17 × 28 in. (43.2 × 71.1 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of a child peeking out of a broken window. The child identified only as [Sartin boy] stands in front of a curtain and looks out the window at the camera. The photographer stands outside of the building, which is partially visible. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame by plastic photo corners. [Martha Olson] is handwritten in pencil on the interior frame below the photograph. The back of the photograph has several inscriptions about the subject of the photograph, the photographer, and numbers

Topic: American South; Children; Communities; Domestic life; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.67

Portrait of unidentified students

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 16 15/16 × 14 1/16 in. (43 × 35.7 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Open): 16 15/16 × 28 1/16 in. (43 × 71.3 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of unidentified children sitting in a classroom. The children are at desks with work in front of them. One young boy, in the foreground of the photograph, is looking at the camera. Another young boy is in the background of the image working on classwork. A third child is partially visible in the back left of the photograph. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic: American South; Children; Communities; Education; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.75

Portrait of Steven Rae and Edgar Earl Patton

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: Patton, Steven Renee, American; Patton, Edgar Earl, American

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 7 5/8 in. (25.2 × 19.4 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of Steven Renee (left) and Edgar Earl (right) Patton. The two boys are standing in front of a wire fence. Steven Renee wears a pair of overalls and has his arms raised behind his head and holding the fence. Edgar Earl wears a long sleeved button-up shirt and long pants. His hands are in his back pockets. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic: American South; Children; Communities; Families; Photography; Rural life

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.94

Portrait of Chrystelle Magee Goff and Emma (Minnie) Magee

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: Goff, Chrystelle Magee, American; Magee, Emma Minnie, American

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 7 11/16 × 5 3/8 in. (19.5 × 13.7 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Open): 17 × 28 in. (43.2 × 71.1 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of Chrystelle Magee Goff and her grandmother Emma (Minnie) Magee on a porch. Goff stands behind Magee, who is sitting in a wooden chair. Goff is looking at the camera and has her proper left hand on the back of Magee's chair. Magee is looking down at fabric that she is holding in her hands. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. Below the photograph handwritten text in ink reads: [Christelle (sic) & Ms. Emma Magee 1970 Martha Olson]. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic: American South; Communities; Domestic life; Families; Photography; Rural life

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.20

Portrait of Janice Johnson

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: Johnson, Janice, American

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm); H x W (Paper Frame Open): 17 × 28 in. (43.2 × 71.1 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of Janice Johnson. Johnson is featured in profile and is looking towards the left of the photograph. She is wearing a dark shirt and corduroy jacket. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic: American South; Communities; Education; Photography; Youth

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.71

Tin for Madame C.J. Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower

The canister is metal with yellow lacquer coloring its external surface. The outside of the canister is covered with textual and illustrative designs in black ink printed on top of the yellow lacquer....

Manufactured by: Walker, Madam C.J. Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1906
Subject of: Walker, Madam C.J., American, 1867 - 1919

Medium: metal
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 3/4 × 13/16 in. (7 × 2.1 cm)

Type: canisters

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

Place made: Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1910s - 1920s

Description: The canister is metal with yellow lacquer coloring its external surface. The outside of the canister is covered with textual and illustrative designs in black ink printed on top of the yellow lacquer. The product name [WONDERFUL HAIR GROWER] is written in horizontal text across the center of the lid beneath an ink illustration of a black woman pictured from her shoulders up with her hair down. Beneath the product name are additional lines of text which read [NET CONTENTS 2 OZ/MADE BY/THE MADAM C.J. WALKER/MANUFACTURING CO./INDIANAPOLIS, IND./PRICE 50 CENTS]. Above the illustration and curved to the arc of the lid edge is the brand name of the product in black text [MADAM C. J. WALKERS/TRADE MARK REGISTERED].

Topic: Business; Hair; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.

Object number: 2011.159.6

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

Portrait of Ida Mae Johnson Nelson with a dog

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools....

Photograph by: Olson, Martha, American
Subject of: Nelson, Ida Mae, American

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 3/4 × 7 13/16 in. (24.8 × 19.8 cm); H x W (Sheet): 13 1/16 × 10 7/8 in. (33.2 × 27.6 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Portfolio/Series: Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted: Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description: A black and white photograph of Ida Mae Johnson Nelson. Nelson is featured from the chest up. She holds a dog in her arms and pets the dog's face with her left hand. The photograph is mounted to a thick cardstock. Below the image, on the bottom of the mount, an inscription reads: [Ida Mae Johnson / 1970 / Martha Olson]. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic: American South; Communities; Photography; Rural life; Youth

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number: 2018.21.104

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