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Red Beans and Rice-ly Yours: Recipes from New Orleans that Louis Armstrong Loved

Written by: Blake, Christopher, American, died 2014
Published by: Southern Food & Beverage Museum
Subject of: Armstrong, Louis, American, 1901 - 1971

Medium: printing ink on paper, metal
Dimensions: H x W x D (closed): 11 × 5 1/2 × 1/8 in. (27.9 × 14 × 0.3 cm); H x W x D (open): 11 × 11 × 1/8 in. (27.9 × 27.9 × 0.3 cm)

Type: cookbooks; pamphlets

Place made: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: 2008

Description: A cookbook booklet printed by the Southern Food & Beverage Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. The booklet contains a collection of recipes of foods and dishes associated with New Orleans, including red beans and rice, po boy sandwiches, gumbo, jambalaya, etc. The booklet is is twenty-five (25) pages, as well as printed front and back covers. The ink is a brown-red color, and there is an illustration of red beans at the bottom corner of each page.

Topic: African American; American South; Cooking and dining; Foodways; Musicians

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Deborah L. Mack

Object number: 2014.82.2

Restrictions & Rights: © 2008 Southern Food & Beverage Museum. Permission required for use.

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Exhibition: Cultural Expressions
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Laundry Girl • New Orleans, LA

Photograph by: Freed, Leonard, American, 1929 - 2006
Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
Printed by: Steinmetz Studio

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 x 8 11/16 in. (33 x 22 cm); H x W (Sheet): 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm); H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1965; printed 1998

Description: A black-and-white photograph of a young girl walking down a sidewalk in New Orleans, Louisiana by photographer Leonard Freed. The girl is carrying a large white cloth bag of laundry and is barefoot. She looks at the camera directly and wears a dark dress. Above her head in the extreme upper left of the photo is a storefront sign stating "Service for Colored at Window". The street is lined with cars and homes and other people are visible further down the sidewalk. The date and place the photo was taken are inscribed on the back along with the photographer's stamp.

Topic: African American; American South; Labor; Photography; Segregation; United States--History--1961-1969

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

Object number: 2009.10.3

Restrictions & Rights: © Leonard Freed & Magnum Photos, Inc.

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Southern Ladies • New Orleans, LA

Photograph by: Freed, Leonard, American, 1929 - 2006
Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
Printed by: Steinmetz Studio

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 12 13/16 x 19 1/16 in. (32.6 x 48.4 cm); H x W (Sheet): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm); H x W (Matted): 20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place captured: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1965; printed 1998

Description: A black-and-white photograph of four women walking on a street in New Orleans, LA by the photographer Leonard Freed. The left half of the frame is filled with two elderly women walking arm-in-arm, both wearing glasses and lacy black bonnets. In the opposite direction two younger women walk together, both carrying packages and purses and wearing headscarves. The date and place the photo was taken are inscribed on the back along with the photographer's stamp.

Topic: African American; American South; Photography; United States--History--1961-1969; Women

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

Object number: 2009.10.7

Restrictions & Rights: © Leonard Freed & Magnum Photos, Inc.

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Louisiana Prison • New Orleans, LA

Photograph by: Freed, Leonard, American, 1929 - 2006
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
Printed by: Steinmetz Studio

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 x 19 in. (33 x 48.2 cm); H x W (Sheet): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm); H x W (Matted): 20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place captured: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1965; printed 1998

Description: A black-and-white photograph of a Louisiana prison taken in 1965 by photographer Leonard Freed. The photo looks down a row of prison cells and shows the hands of prisoners reaching through cell bars into the hallway where two men stand. The date and place the photo was taken are inscribed on the back along with the photographer's stamp.

Topic: African American; Law; Men; Photography; Prisons; Segregation; United States--History--1961-1969

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

Object number: 2009.10.9

Restrictions & Rights: © Leonard Freed & Magnum Photos, Inc.

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Rescue basket used during Hurricane Katrina

Created by: Life Support International, American
Used by: United States Coast Guard, American, founded 1790

Medium: chrome steel
Dimensions: H x W x D: 40 3/4 × 49 × 25 1/4 in., 39 lb. (103.5 × 124.5 × 64.1 cm, 17.7 kg)

Type: emergency vehicles

Place collected: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 2005

Description: The rescue basket is constructed almost entirely of welded type 304 stainless steel. The bail assembly folds into the basket for compact stowage. The structural integrity of the bail is provided by ¼" stainless steel cable acting as the hinge point. The bottom is enclosed with a plastic, semi-rigid net liner with 1" openings. The float covers are constructed of 1050 denier nylon ballistic cloth with a marine urethane coating. Each cover is printed with safety pictorials and has high intensity retro-reflective markings. These technical details are from the online company catalog: www.lifesupportintl.com

Topic: African American; Military; United States--History--1969-2001

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

Object number: 2010.30

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Tools and Equipment-Military
Exhibition: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

U. of Calif. Med. School charged with racial bias

Published by: People's World
Written by: Allan, Stephanie

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 14 3/8 × 7 in. (36.5 × 17.8 cm)

Type: clippings

Place depicted: Davis, Yolo County, California, United States, North and Central America; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America; South Africa, Africa; Namibia, Africa

Date: March 22, 1978

Description: A clipping from the Daily World concerning the charge that the Medical School of the University of California at Davis engaged in a pattern of discrimination against minorities. The other side of the clipping features small articles about Africa.

Topic: African American; Africa; Education; Justice; Politics (Practical); Race discrimination

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg

Object number: 2010.55.79.2

Restrictions & Rights: © Daily World. Permission required for use.

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials; Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Louis Jordan "Blue Light Boogie": Mr. Personality, In Person!

Program for a Louis Jordan performance in New Orleans, Louisiana

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: Jordan, Louis, American, 1908 - 1975; Dew Drop Inn, American, 1938 - 1972

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 8 in. (27.9 x 20.3 cm)

Type: programs

Place used: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1949

Description: A souvenir program for a performance by Louis Jordan at the Booker T. Washington Auditorium in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted by Frank Painia of the Dew Drop Inn. The program graphics consists of black print on white paper with magenta highlights. A black-and-white image of a smiling Louis Jordan appears at the center right hand side along with a full length black-and-white image of Jordan below, holding an alto saxaphone in his right hand.

Topic: African American; Jazz (Music); Musicians; Nightlife; Rhythm and blues (Music)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Henrietta W. Shelton, Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation, Inc.

Object number: 2011.145.2

Restrictions & Rights: Public Domain

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Father Victor Cohea blesses the sacrament during the Holy Eucharist at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2005

Photograph by: Johnson, Jason Miccolo, American
Subject of: Fr. Cohea, Victor H., American, born 1948; St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, New Orleans, American, 1867 - 2005

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 19 7/8 x 15 15/16 in. (50.5 x 40.5 cm); H x W (image): 18 1/2 x 12 7/16 in. (47 x 31.6 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place captured: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: 2005; printed 2012

Description: A black-and-white photograph of Father Victor Cohea holding a silver chalice above his head with both hands. He is wearing a white robe and glasses. Additional chalices are on the altar before him. A candle can be seen in the foreground. No inscriptions on the front or back.

Topic: African American; Photography; Religious groups

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

Object number: 2012.141.28

Restrictions & Rights: © Jason Miccolo Johnson

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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The Picayune Creole Cook Book

Published by: The Times-Picayune, American, founded 1837

Medium: ink on paper, cardboard, book cloth
Dimensions: H x W x D (closed): 9 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 1 in. (23.5 × 15.9 × 2.5 cm); H x W x D (open): 9 1/4 × 13 1/8 × 1 in. (23.5 × 33.3 × 2.5 cm)

Type: cookbooks

Place printed: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1922

Description: A hardback copy of the sixth edition of the Picayune Creole Cook Book which has in total 390 off-white pages separated into different categories of Creole cuisine in several distinct chapters. The front cover is beige, with some slight darker discoloration around the edges, and features a dark blue ink illustration in its center. The drawing depicts a woman in a polka-dot blouse with rolled up sleeves, a checkered skirt, an apron around her waist, and a head wrap covering her hair, stirring the contents of a large bowl. A pitcher sits next to the bowl on the table; above the image is the book's title centered in a dark blue label which reads [PICAYUNE / CREOLE/ COOK / BOOK]. The interior of the front cover has a sticker featuring a black-and-white landscape/exterior shot from the visual perspective of a covered patio; [EX LIBRIS/ANITA BALDWIN] is written into the scene on the bottom and top rails of the patio. There are three handwritten notes on the interior of the front cover, [Not to be taken] underlined and repeated on the top right of the first blank title page. [Anita M. Baldwin / (illegible)] is centered on the first blank title page. The first interior page is 3/4 full of handwritten penciled text. There are pencil marks throughout the text which scratch out the word "carrots" from recipes which include them as an ingredient.

Topic: African American; American South; Caricature and cartoons; Cooking and dining; Foodways

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

Object number: 2016.4

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Exhibition: Cultural Expressions
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pinback button in remembrance of Hurricane Katrina victims

Attributed to: National Black Environmental Justice Network, American, founded 1999
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: metal
Dimensions: Diameter: 3 × 3/8 in. (7.6 × 1 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Place depicted: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: after 2005

Description: Round pin-back button featuring white type set against a photographic background depicting African Americans suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Photographic background has been colorized green and red on edges. White type on button reads, [Remember Katrina/Fight Racism, Poverty and Pollution!!/National Black Environmental Justice Network/Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign/NBEJN/P.O. Box 15395/Washington, D.C. 20003/202-265-4919/WWW.NBEJN.ORG].

Topic: African American; American South; Communities; Justice; Politics (Practical); United States--History--2001-

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

Object number: 2013.201.1.53

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

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Red trousers worn by Fats Domino

Created by: Unidentified
Worn by: Fats Domino, American, 1928 - 2017

Medium: synthetic fiber, plastic buttons, and metal fasteners
Dimensions: L x W: 41 x 18 in. (104.1 x 45.7 cm)

Type: trousers

Place used: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: late 20th Century

Description: These red pants were worn by Fats Domino and have straight legs and an adjustable waist. The pants are made from a red synthetic fabric and close at the center front waist with a metal zipper, one (1) flat metal hook-and-eye, and two (2) round plastic buttons, one gray and one red. There are two (2) diagonally inset pockets, one at each front side waist, and two (2) welted pockets, one at each back side below the waistband. The proper left back pocket closes with one (1) round plastic red button. Adjustable self-fabric straps on each side of the waistband fasten with silver-colored metal buckles above each front side pocket. The pants are lined only at the waistband with an off-white synthetic fiber, which is also used as pocket lining. A label with printed information regarding care is sewn on the interior proper right back side of the waistband.

Topic: African American; Clothing and dress; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Rhythm and blues (Music); Rock and roll (Music); Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Antoine "Fats" Domino

Object number: 2013.59.2

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Clothing-Costume

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Red and cream loafers designed by Pierre Cardin and worn by Fats Domino

Designed by: Pierre Cardin, French, founded 1950
Worn by: Fats Domino, American, 1928 - 2017

Medium: leather, wood, rubber, and elastic
Dimensions: H x W x D (Left shoe (a)): 4 1/2 × 4 × 11 3/4 in. (11.4 × 10.2 × 29.8 cm); H x W x D (Right shoe (b)): 4 1/4 × 4 × 11 3/4 in. (10.8 × 10.2 × 29.8 cm)

Type: Loafers (TM)

Place used: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: late 20th Century

Description: This pair of men's burgundy and tan leather loafers, left shoe (2013.59.3a) and right shoe (2013.59.3b), were worn by Fats Domino. The uppers of the shoes are made from leather, with the wingtip toe caps, heel counters, a panel over the tongue, and the trim around the foot opening all in burgundy. The rest of the uppers and the tongues are cream leather. A decorative design is punched into the burgundy leather at the center of each toe cap and along the edges of the wingtip and the counter. A piece of wide brown elastic is sewn behind each tongue for an adjustable fit. The shoes have leather soles and stacked wooden heels that are painted black with a black rubber heel cap. The Pierre Cardin logo and name are incised onto the heel caps. A square metal "p" logo is attached at the outer side of only the right heel. The insides of the shoes are lined in light brown leather, including the inner soles. A blue label with cream text having the "p" logo at the left reads: "pierre cardin / PARIS / MADE IN SPAIN". The style and size are stamped in black ink on the interior proper left side of each shoe.

Topic: African American; Clothing and dress; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Rhythm and blues (Music); Rock and roll (Music); Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Antoine "Fats" Domino

Object number: 2013.59.3ab

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Clothing-Costume
Exhibition: Musical Crossroads
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Ivory ruffled necktie designed by Serrano and worn by Fats Domino

Designed by: Serrano, American
Worn by: Fats Domino, American, 1928 - 2017

Medium: silk satin and velvet
Dimensions: L x W: 59 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (150.5 x 6.4 cm)

Type: neckties

Place used: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: late 20th Century

Description: This ivory silk ruffled necktie was worn by Fats Domino. The tie is thin with square tips on the blade and tail, and is made from silk satin. The satin is turned with the wrong side facing and then box-pleated and sewn to the blade, with a thin piece of ivory velvet bisecting the ruffled pleats. A label is sewn onto the back of the blade with red embroidered text reading: "IMPORTED SILK / by / Serrano / LOS ANGELES".

Topic: African American; Clothing and dress; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Rhythm and blues (Music); Rock and roll (Music); Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Antoine "Fats" Domino

Object number: 2013.59.4

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Clothing-Costume

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Twelve Years A Slave

Written by: Northup, Solomon, American, 1808 - 1875
Published by: Derby and Miller, American, 1848 - 1853

Medium: ink on paper with gold, cloth, and cardboard
Dimensions: H x W x D (Closed): 7 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 1 5/16 in. (19.7 × 14 × 3.4 cm); H x W x D (Open): 7 3/4 × 11 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (19.7 × 29.2 × 10.5 cm); H x W x D (open at 90 degrees): 7 3/4 × 6 × 6 1/4 in. (19.7 × 15.2 × 15.9 cm); H x W x D (open at 60 degrees): 7 3/4 × 5 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (19.7 × 14.6 × 14.6 cm)

Type: narratives; hardcover books

Place printed: Auburn, Cuyahoga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America; Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1853

Description: This book is a first edition, seventeenth thousand printing copy of “Twelve Years A Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, A Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, and Rescued in 1853, From a Common Plantation Near the Red River, in Louisiana." The book has a brown cloth binding. The exterior spine is embossed with two lines running across the top and bottom of the spine. The title of the book has been embossed in gilt lettering [TWELVE/YEARS/A/SLAVE] across the top third of the spine and is surrounded by engraved flourishes. The name of the publishers [DARBY & MILLER] is embossed in gilt across the bottom of the spine. The front and back cover boards have been embossed with identical designs: two flourishes within two rectangles. The book has yellow end papers, a dedication to Harriet Beecher Stowe, a quote by Cowpee, an editor’s preface, twenty-two chapters and an appendix. The frontispiece is a portrait of Solomon Northup seated on a bench with his arms crossed. A facsimile of his signature is below the picture with a caption that reads, “IN HIS PLANTATION SUIT.” Three hundred and thirty-six pages with seven black and white plates.

Topic: African American; American South; Antislavery; Domestic slave trade; Free communities of color; Law; Literature; United States--History--1815-1861

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

Object number: 2014.262

Restrictions & Rights: Public Domain

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Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Exhibition: Slavery and Freedom
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph of St. Augustine High School band leader Edwin Harrell Hampton

Photograph by: Nolan A. Marshall Photography, American, founded 1948
Subject of: St. Augustine High School, founded 1951; Hampton, Edwin Harrell, American, 1928-2009

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place captured: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1952

Description: A black and white photograph depicting band leader Edwin Harrell Hampton. He is dressed in a black tie and white uniform suit with decorative braid trimming and epaulettes. The jacket has gold braid around the cuffs and a stripe down the side of the pant leg. He wears a white peaked cap and carries a white director's baton. He gazes past the viewer. Behind him are two young men, wearing uniforms of dark trousers, light colored jackets and dark peaked cap and holding flags, one of which is an American flag. They have flag carriers over their slung around their necks. There is a large brick building in the background.

Topic: African American; American South; Band (Music); Communities; Education

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of St. Augustine High School, New Orleans, LA

Object number: 2014.47.1

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Photograph of a St. Augustine graduate kissing the ring of a Josephite priest

Photograph by: Unidentified
Subject of: St. Augustine High School, founded 1951; Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Child or Children

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 7 1/4 x 5 in. (18.4 x 12.7 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place captured: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: after 1951

Description: Black and white photograph of a kneeling student kissing a ring of a robed clergy member wearing a biretta. The student, wearing a graduation robe and mortarboard, kneels in front of a row of seated clergy dressed in full ecclesiastic robes. He kneels on a rug in a room with wood furniture and several large urns of plants and flowers. In the photograph's top margin are several handwritten numbers “2" (66), and 2A" on the bottom left corner. On the verso are the stamps "6619" and "W.D. Hogan." The string "1A58G5D" is handwritten at center bottom.

Topic: African American; Communities; Education; Men; Religious groups

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of St. Augustine High School, New Orleans, LA

Object number: 2014.47.10

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Photograph of a St. Augustine High School student drawing in art class

Photograph by: Unidentified
Subject of: St. Augustine High School, founded 1951; Unidentified Child or Children

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.8 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place captured: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: early 1960s

Description: Black & white photograph of a St. Augustine High School student at a drawing board. This photograph is taken over the left shoulder of a student as he sits at a drawing board. The young man, wearing a herringbone pattern blazer and collared shirt, creates a figural drawing using his left hand. On the verso is handwritten "1A58C7A."

Topic: African American; Art; Children; Education; Religious groups

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of St. Augustine High School, New Orleans, LA

Object number: 2014.47.11

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Photograph of Honor Roll students at St. Augustine High School

Photograph by: Unidentified
Subject of: St. Augustine High School, founded 1951; Unidentified Child or Children

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 5 x 3 1/2 in. (12.7 x 8.9 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place captured: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: late 1960s

Description: Black and white photograph of Honor Roll student depicts nine young men posing in a group. Standing in front of a brick wall, they stand below large letters that spell "AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL." The young men wear button down shirts and ties. One wears sunglasses and one wears glasses. On the verso is a sticker with the handwritten words "Mathathon 9 - Honor Roll Students." A sequence of letter and numbers on the center right reads "1A58G14G."

Topic: African American; Children; Communities; Education; Religious groups

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of St. Augustine High School, New Orleans, LA

Object number: 2014.47.12

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Photograph of the St. Augustine High School marching band, the "Marching 100"

Photograph by: Nolan A. Marshall Photography, American, founded 1948
Subject of: St. Augustine High School, founded 1951; Unidentified Child or Children

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place captured: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1952

Description: Black and white photograph of the St. Augustine High School marching band standing in formation next to a large brick building. Standing in rows, holding their instruments, each band member wears a uniform of dark trousers, light colored jackets with decorative braid, and peaked caps, also decorated with braid. In the front are two young men carrying flags, one of which is an American flag, the other possibly the Louisiana state flag. In front of them is the drum major, wearing an all-white uniform with a half-length cape and a tall plumed hat. On the verso are two handwritten notes "1A59J4B" and "Band-3." There is also a stamp with a handwritten number "The negative of this photograph is filed/ at the studio and one or more pictures may/ be had now or at any time in the future. Ask for/ reprints by number '652.'/ NOLAN A MARSHALL/ PHOTOGRAPHER/ 1830 Louisiana Ave. CH. 7651."

Topic: African American; American South; Band (Music); Communities; Education

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of St. Augustine High School, New Orleans, LA

Object number: 2014.47.3

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Photograph of students at St. Augustine High School

Photograph by: Rev. Hall, Charles, American, 1930 - 1967
Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children; St. Augustine High School, founded 1951

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place captured: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1961

Description: This black and white photograph depicts a sodalist with a crucifix at St. Augustine High School. The young boy on the extreme left, wearing a checkered sweater over a collared shirt, holds a crucifix in his right hand. Opposite him, a young man, wearing a long robe over a shirt and tie, extends his left hand to receive the crucifix. The figures, turned three-quarters away from the camera, are standing in front of a class of seated young boys. One boy is holding up a book with the title "The Baltimore Catechism." The group is in a room with pendant light fixtures and two windows. In the photographs margins is text "N.O. La St. Augustine H.S. 1961 sodalists CCD." On the verso is a stamp that reads "Josephite Harvest, photo by ______." The blank is filled in with a handwritten name "Rev. Charles Hall, SSJ." Below is a hand written note in red ink "Sodalists of St. Augustine's H.S. in New Orleans/ "Renewal" Jan 1962 issue JH." At the photograph's edges are "1A58D15" and "1A58D15A."

Topic: African American; Communities; Education; Religious groups

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of St. Augustine High School, New Orleans, LA

Object number: 2014.47.4

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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