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Button from the 1985 Brandywine Mountain Music Convention
- Created by
- Small Associates Inc., American, founded 1967
- Subject of
- Tucker, Ira Sr., American, 1925 - 2008
- Dixie Hummingbirds, American, founded 1928
- Medium
- plastic, metal, paper
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
- Place made
- Wilmington, Delaware, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1985
- Description
- A blue button with the slogan for the 1985 Brandywine Mountain Music convention printed in white. Also in white is a line drawing of a seated man playing the fiddle.
- Topic
- African American
- Bluegrass (Music)
- Gospel (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Ira Tucker, Jr. of the Dixie Hummingbirds
- Object number
- 2013.13.27
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Button from the 1986 Brandywine Mountain Music Convention
- Created by
- Small Associates Inc., American, founded 1967
- Subject of
- Tucker, Ira Sr., American, 1925 - 2008
- Dixie Hummingbirds, American, founded 1928
- Medium
- paper, metal, plastic
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
- Place made
- Wilmington, Delaware, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1986
- Description
- A white button with "Brandywine Mountain Music Convention 1986" printed in red. Also in red is a line drawing in of a seated man playing the fiddle.
- Topic
- African American
- Bluegrass (Music)
- Gospel (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Ira Tucker, Jr. of the Dixie Hummingbirds
- Object number
- 2013.13.28
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Button from the 1987 Brandywine Mountain Music Convention
- Created by
- Small Associates Inc., American, founded 1967
- Subject of
- Tucker, Ira Sr., American, 1925 - 2008
- Dixie Hummingbirds, American, founded 1928
- Medium
- paper, metal, plastic
- Dimensions
- 2 x 2 x 1/4 in. (5.1 x 5.1 x 0.6 cm)
- Place made
- Wilmington, Delaware, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1987
- Description
- A white button with "Brandywine Mountain Music Convention 1987" printed in green. Also in green is a line drawing in of a seated man playing the fiddle.
- Topic
- African American
- Bluegrass (Music)
- Gospel (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Ira Tucker, Jr. of the Dixie Hummingbirds
- Object number
- 2013.13.29
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Pinback button protesting the imprisonment of the Wilmington 10
- Manufactured by
- GATEWAYS UNLTD., American
- Owned by
- Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010
- Subject of
- Benjamin Chavis, American, born 1948
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 1 3/4 × 3/8 in. (4.4 × 1 cm)
- Place depicted
- Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1971 - 1980
- Description
- Round pin-back button featuring a yellow and brown image of a man behind bars. Brown type circles center image and reads, [FREE THE WILMINGTON 10/NOW!]. Yellow type appears along edge of button and reads, [GATEWAYS UNLTD WASH D.C.].
- Topic
- African American
- Civil Rights
- Freedom
- Justice
- Politics (Practical)
- United States--History--1969-2001
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.201.1.24
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Civil war shelter tent half owned by George Thompson Garrison
- Manufactured by
- H. S. McComb, American
- Owned by
- Garrison, George Thompson, American, 1836 - 1904
- Subject of
- 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, American, 1863 - 1865
- Medium
- cotton (textile), bone, thread
- Dimensions
- H x W: 59 × 65 1/4 in. (149.9 × 165.7 cm)
- Type
- tents
- Place made
- Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- circa 1863
- Description
- One half of a U.S. Military issued tent owned by G.T. Garrison. The tent is a flat, nearly square piece of cotton cloth. Along the two sides and the upper edge there are button holes, above each of these notches are white circular bone buttons sewn to the cotton, several of which are missing. One edge has neither buttons nor notches. The side on which the buttons are stitched has [Co. I / 55th] stamped in black pigment in the lower-right quadrant. At the top in small, faded letters [H.S. McCOMB / WILMINGTON] is stamped in red pigment. The opposite side of the tent is undecorated.
- Topic
- African American
- Antislavery
- Military
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Garrison Family in memory of George Thompson Garrison
- Object number
- 2014.115.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Tools and Equipment-Military
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Photograph of the private tennis court at Dr. Eaton's house
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Gibson, Althea, American, 1927 - 2003
- Subject of
- Dr. Eaton, Hubert A., American, 1916 - 1991
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 3 15/16 × 2 5/8 in. (10 × 6.7 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 4 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (11.5 × 8.3 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Place depicted
- Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1950s
- Description
- Black and white photograph of a private tennis court in a backyard of a house. The court is divided by a white that runs down the middle of the image just right of center. To the left of the wall is a row of hedges. To the right of the wall, a portion of a tennis court right. In the background is a white house. On the back of the photograph in the upper half is an image caption in blue pencil [EF/rear view/Dr. Eaton's house/in Wilmington/showing private/tennis court].
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donald Felder and family
- Object number
- 2014.205.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture