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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
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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
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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
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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
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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