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  • Letter from Anacostia Museum to Norma Merrick Sklarek

    Issued by
    Anacostia Community Museum, American, founded 1967
    Written by
    Hutchinson, Louise D., American, 1928 - 2014
    Received by
    Sklarek, Norma Merrick, American, 1926 - 2012
    Subject of
    Welton Becket and Associates, American, 1949 - 1987
    Owned by
    Sklarek, Norma Merrick, American, 1926 - 2012
    Date
    August 1982
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 10 1/2 × 8 in. (26.7 × 20.3 cm)
    Description
    Letter from the Anacostia Museum to Norma Sklarek. The white paper has a black printed letterhead with a sun logo on the left and text [EXHIBITS DESIGN AND PRODUCTION LABORATORY / THE ANACOSTIA NEIGHBORHOOD MUSEUM SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION]. Below this is contact information. There is a black stamp on the upper right which reads [RECEIVED / AUG 13 1982 / WELTON BECKET ASSOCIATES]. The letter is addressed to Sklarek and begins [Thank you so very much for your prompt reply…]. The letter discusses the revision of an exhibit titled “Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds” and requests a photograph of Sklarek at work for inclusion. The reverse is blank.
    Place depicted
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Place used
    Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Archival Collections
    Type
    letters (correspondence)
    Topic
    Architecture
    Correspondence
    Local and regional
    Museums
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David Merrick Fairweather and Yvonne Goff
    Object number
    TA2018.23.3.1.11.18
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5abc3f3f2-e186-4c97-ac34-824ab5a00488
  • Where's My Glasses

    Created by
    Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
    Subject of
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Date
    1950s
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 13 1/4 x 10 in. (33.7 x 25.4 cm)
    Caption
    Where's My Glasses - Santa Monica Bus, California, 1950's
    Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 153.
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of an elderly woman on a bus as she looks through her purse.
    Place depicted
    Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
    Object number
    2010.74.116
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Joe Schwartz
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54534c5b2-0fa0-413e-b069-a029b0cf4fb1
  • Bertha

    Created by
    Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
    Subject of
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Date
    1960s
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 14 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. (36.8 x 28.3 cm)
    Caption
    Bertha - Santa Monica, California, 1960's
    Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 163.
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of woman (presumedly Bertha) standing in the doorway of the "House of 'Bertha.'" The business offers card reading, tea reading, palm reading, and psychoanalysis.
    Place depicted
    Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    portraits
    Topic
    Amusements
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
    Object number
    2010.74.126
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Joe Schwartz
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5aac20eac-7e37-4ad4-92c2-5176cf5332cd
  • Tender Loving Care

    Created by
    Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
    Subject of
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Date
    1965
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image and Sheet): 12 3/16 x 8 7/8 in. (31 x 22.6 cm)
    H x W (Mat): 19 15/16 x 15 7/8 in. (50.6 x 40.4 cm)
    Caption
    Tender Loving Care - Synanon House, Drug Rehabilitation Center, Santa Monica, California, 1960's
    Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 9.
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of a child sitting on an adult's lap and resting in the crook of the adult's arm.
    Place depicted
    Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
    Object number
    2010.74.8
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Joe Schwartz
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5502b8396-d773-40f5-9a70-cc49306bce06
  • Dirty Bastards!?

    Created by
    Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
    Subject of
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Date
    1960s
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 8 1/4 x 12 3/16 in. (20.9 x 31 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in. (27.8 x 35.4 cm)
    Caption
    Dirty Bastards!? - Santa Monica, California, 1960's
    Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 106.
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of four African American children playing in the street. On the wall behind them, racist graffiti.
    Place depicted
    Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Children
    Hate crimes
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
    Object number
    2010.74.90
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Joe Schwartz
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5591f4191-6e29-4aa6-a113-c27a3b6e9943
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