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Block of Aquia Creek sandstone removed from the East Front of US Capitol
- Commissioned by
- Architect of the Capitol, American, founded 1793
- Date
- 1824-1826
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- sandstone
- Dimensions
- Overall with Weight: 15 3/4 × 21 1/4 × 14 1/2 in., 318 lb. (40 × 54 × 36.8 cm, 144.2 kg)
- Caption
- Enslaved African Americans, leased out by their slave owners, mined sandstone from local quarries and built the United States Capitol, the White House, and the Smithsonian Castle. Congress, the institution that guarded the peoples’ freedom, held sessions in a building constructed by forced labor, and the legislators would have witnessed lines of shackled slaves marching by daily en route to the Deep South. The block was quarried near Aquia Creek, Virginia, by free and enslaved workers and used in the construction of the Capitol building in 1824.
- Source: Nancy Bercaw, Curator, Slavery and Freedom
- Description
- A rectangular block of sandstone. One short side of the block has a smooth, finished surface. The other five sides are rough-hewn and pitted, showing evidence of quarry tool markings, softened by weathering. One of the long sides has mechanical tool markings across the surface, forming a cross-hatch pattern. The block predominantly is beige, with reddish-brown veins of color running lengthwise. The smooth side shows most clearly the variegation of reddish-brown strata. There is a loss at the lower-left corner of the smooth side.
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place collected
- Aquia Creek, Stafford County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Topic
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Free communities of color
- Government
- Labor
- Local and regional
- Politics
- Slave hire system
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.182
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Building brick from the White House
- Created by
- Kale, Jeremiah, American, active late 18th century
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Used by
- The White House, founded 1792
- Owned by
- McCulloch, William Moore, American, 1901 - 1980
- Date
- 1793-1797; removed 1950
- Medium
- building brick and mortar
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 5/16 × 8 1/2 × 4 in. (5.9 × 21.6 × 10.2 cm)
- Description
- A clay brick that was once part of the structure of the White House. The brick is a standard solid style brick, slightly uneven in shape. It is a reddish-brown color, and is covered with faint remnants of white-colored mortar on all sides. A chunk of mortar protrudes off the surface at the corner of one of the brick's long, narrow sides.
- Place used
- The White House, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Topic
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Free communities of color
- Government
- Labor
- Local and regional
- Politics
- Slave hire system
- Slavery
- U.S. History, 1783-1815
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of James F. Dicke, II
- Object number
- 2013.232.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Building brick from the White House
- Created by
- Kale, Jeremiah, American, active late 18th century
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Used by
- The White House, founded 1792
- Owned by
- McCulloch, William Moore, American, 1901 - 1980
- Date
- 1793-1797; removed 1950
- Medium
- building brick and mortar
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 5/16 × 8 3/16 × 4 in. (5.9 × 20.8 × 10.2 cm)
- Description
- A red clay brick that was once part of the structure of the White House. The brick is a standard solid style brick, slightly uneven in shape. It is a reddish-brown color, and is covered with faint remnants of white-colored mortar on all sides. There are slight losses at two corners.
- Place used
- The White House, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Topic
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Free communities of color
- Government
- Labor
- Local and regional
- Politics
- Slave hire system
- Slavery
- U.S. History, 1783-1815
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of James F. Dicke, II
- Object number
- 2013.232.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Door with rescue markings from Hurricane Katrina
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Date
- before 2005; altered September 12, 2005
- On ViewConcourse 1, C1 053
- Exhibition
- A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
- Medium
- Wood, glass, and paint
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 83 3/8 × 36 1/2 × 2 1/4 in., 72 lb. (211.8 × 92.7 × 5.7 cm, 32.7 kg)
- Description
- Wooden door with frosted glass. The door is: 83 1/4" high, 35 3/4" wide, 1 3/4" thick, glass inside is 59 1/2" high, 23 1/2" wide; the frosted glass (with the Katrina markings on it) begins at 17 1/2" from the bottom and extends to 6" from the top, and 6” from each side. Markings include FEMA chart painted on it after the building’s inspection by a rescue crew.
- Place collected
- Broadmoor neighborhood, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Type
- doors
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.93
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Cabin from Point of Pines Plantation in Charleston County, South Carolina
- Created by
- Point of Pines Plantation, American
- Date
- 1853
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- yellow pine, lath, and cypress shingles
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 73 x 246 x 186 in. (185.4 x 624.8 x 472.4 cm)
- Caption
- The cabin was originally a two room, hall-and-parlor cabin with a loft accessible by ladder. The cabin had one door and three windows. A back door and an extra room were added after emancipation.
- The Point of Pines Plantation Slave Cabin was one of two remaining slave dwellings on Edisto Island in 2013. The cabin was built on Charles Bailey's Point of Pines plantation in 1853 along with approximately nine other cabins of identical type. The lumber used to build the cabin was machine cut and shipped to the island. At this point, the cabins were assembled most likely by enslaved carpenters. The cabin is a one-story, rectangular, weatherboard clad building with a side gable roof which also acts as the overhanging porch roof. There is a single, exterior brick chimney on the west elevation.It was listed in the National Register November 28, 1986.
- Description
- The cabin is a one-story, two-room, rectangular, weatherboard clad building with an extended side gable roof which acts as the overhanging porch roof and a brick /masonry fireplace on the west elevation. The structure is a timber frame, meaning a heavy timber mortise and tenon, structure. It is composed of 6”x 6” sills of Southern Yellow Pine, 3” x 4” studs with 4” x 6” braces, topped with 4” x 6” plates and 3” x 4” rafters all of Southern Yellow Pine. Rafters are covered with lath and the structure originally had a cypress shingle roof; some pieces of shingles survive in the roof frame. The exterior was covered by Southern Yellow pine lap siding and painted with whitewash.
- Place collected
- Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Type
- cabins (houses)
- Topic
- American South
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Communities
- Domestic life
- Emancipation
- Housing
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- Slavery
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Edisto Island Historic Preservation Society
- Object number
- 2013.57
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Façade of James M. Baxter Terrace Housing Project
- Created by
- Newark Housing Authority, American, founded 1938
- Date
- 1939-1941
- On ViewConcourse 1, C1 053
- Exhibition
- A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
- Medium
- brick and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W: 135 1/2 x 118 in. (344.2 x 299.7 cm)
- Description
- Architectural elements that make up the dismantled façade of one entrance door to one building in the James M. Baxter Terrace Housing Project in Newark, NJ. The elements salvaged include: painted metal door, brick door frame, signs, and security light.
- Place used
- Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Type
- facades
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.4.1-.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Brick from the chimney at Whitehead Plantation
- Created by
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Subject of
- Turner, Nat, American, 1800 - 1831
- Whitehead, Margaret, American, 1813 - 1831
- Date
- ca. 1800
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- clay brick
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 3/4 x 4 x 8 1/16 in. (7 x 10.2 x 20.5 cm)
- Description
- A reddish brown clay rectangular brick formerly used on the chimney of a house. The brick has several deep fissures and long cracks. There are large chunks missing, including at two different corners and in several places along one of the long side edges.
- Place collected
- Southampton County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Topic
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Resistance
- Slavery
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.81
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Toilet and sink for cell from Camp A at Angola prison
- Manufactured by
- Forte and Tablada Inc., American, founded 1961
- Commissioned by
- Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
- Date
- ca. 1972
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 051
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Medium
- steel and fiberglass, paint, wax
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (With back plumbing attached): 36 3/4 × 15 × 38 in. (93.3 × 38.1 × 96.5 cm)
- Description
- A toilet and sink combination for cell no. 3 from Camp A at Angola prison. The sink is above the toilet seat typically where a toilet reservoir is. The sink has small faucet with two knobs on either side. Attached to the back of the toilet are long threaded bolts and piping for attachment to plumbing system as well as for mounting to the cell’s wall.
- Place collected
- West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections and Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola
- Object number
- 2013.26.2.3.1a-f
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Jones-Hall-Sims House built by Richard Jones
- Created by
- Jones, Richard, American, born ca. 1810
- Date
- ca. 1874
- On ViewConcourse 2, C 2053
- Medium
- wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall): 264 × 266 × 172 in. (670.6 × 675.6 × 436.9 cm)
- H (roof to peak): 76 in. (193 cm)
- Description
- These are the surviving elements of the Jones-Hall-Sims House, a two-story log cabin built by formerly enslaved members of the Jones family. The body of the house is composed of heavy timbers fit together with saddle notches. The side gable roof is lightly framed. There is one (1) entrance to the house, at the proper right of the house's front side. This same side of the house has three (3) window openings, one on the lower level at proper left, one at upper left and one at upper right. On the back side of the house are four (4) window openings. Three (3) original joists remain between the first and second levels of the house. Inside the house, at center back, painted wood planks form a partition wall. Behind the partition wall are stairs leading to the former second level. Below the stairs is a small closet space accessible through a white-painted door in the partition wall. A small section of original chinking has been installed in between timbers on the second story interior wall of the house. The lower timbers of the house, having been directly exposed to the soil for decades, required full or partial replacement. This home was located in Jonesville, near what is now Poolesville, Maryland.
- Place used
- 6 Jonesville Terrace, Jonesville, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Type
- houses
- Topic
- Building Arts
- Communities
- Domestic life
- Emancipation
- Housing
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Bradley and Shannon Rhoderick
- Object number
- 2009.25.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Corona panel designed for NMAAHC (Type A: 65% opacity)
- Designed by
- Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008
- Adjaye, David, British, born 1966
- Bond, J. Max Jr., American, 1935 - 2009
- Freelon, Philip G., American, 1953 - 2019
- SmithGroupJJR, American, founded 1853
- Manufactured by
- Peerless Pattern Works, Inc., founded 1923
- Morel Industries, founded 1917
- Dura Industries, American, ca. 1985
- Northstar Contracting, Inc., American
- Date
- ca. 2013
- Medium
- cast aluminum coated with vinyl paint
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 63 × 41 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (160 × 104.8 × 3.8 cm)
- Description
- An openwork cast aluminum panel of the type used to fabricate the cladding that covers the exterior of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, located on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The panel's bronze color is the final finish, and is the same as the color of the panels installed on the NMAAHC building. Panels were constructed in differing levels of opacity or thickness, in order to regulate the amount of light that enters the building. Panels with varying levels of opacity are used on each side of the building. This panel is the Type A design, with an opacity or density of 65% (35% open). The panel sometimes is referred to as a "corona panel," because these panels encapsulate the stacked upper levels of the building's design, referred to as the "corona" levels by the architects. The stacked shape of the building itself was designed to relfect the stacked top portions of Yoruba carved wood columns by Olowe of Ise found on traditional buildings in Nigeria. This top portion is known as a "capital" in architectural vocabulary, and the architects also use the words "crown" and "corona" to refer to the design inspiration they gained from this top portion of Yoruba column. This panel was fabricated at the same time as the panels installed on the building.
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Type
- facades
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.41.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Corona panel designed for NMAAHC (Type C: 75% opacity)
- Designed by
- Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008
- Adjaye, David, British, born 1966
- Bond, J. Max Jr., American, 1935 - 2009
- Freelon, Philip G., American, 1953 - 2019
- SmithGroupJJR, American, founded 1853
- Manufactured by
- Peerless Pattern Works, Inc., founded 1923
- Morel Industries, founded 1917
- Dura Industries, American, ca. 1985
- Northstar Contracting, Inc., American
- Date
- ca. 2013
- Medium
- cast aluminum coated with vinyl paint
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 63 × 41 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (160 × 104.8 × 3.8 cm)
- Description
- An openwork cast aluminum panel of the type used to fabricate the cladding that covers the exterior of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, located on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The panel's bronze color is the final finish, a Custom Artisan 3.5 in a 5-coat Kynar system, a costum Valspare mixture used for each layer of the 5-coats, and is the same as the color of the panels installed on the NMAAHC building. Panels with varying levels of opacity are used on each side of the building, to regulate the amount of light that enters the building. This panel is the Type C design, with an opacity or density of 75% (25% open). This panel was fabricated at the same time as the panels installed on the building.
- The tooling for the Corona panels was made at Peerless Pattern Works in Portland, Oregon. The panels were cast at Morel Industries in Portland, Oregon. After painting, the panels were sent to Cleveland, Ohio to Northstar Contracting for assembly onto carrier frames prior to installation on site.
- The panel sometimes is referred to as a "corona panel," because these panels encapsulate the stacked upper levels of the building's design, referred to as the "corona" levels by the architects. The stacked shape of the building itself was designed to relfect the stacked top portions of Yoruba carved wood columns by Olowe of Ise found on traditional buildings in Nigeria. This top portion is known as a "capital" in architectural vocabulary, and the architects also use the words "crown" and "corona" to refer to the design inspiration they gained from this top portion of Yoruba column.
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Type
- facades
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.41.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Corona panel designed for NMAAHC (Type E: 85% opacity)
- Designed by
- Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008
- Adjaye, David, British, born 1966
- Bond, J. Max Jr., American, 1935 - 2009
- Freelon, Philip G., American, 1953 - 2019
- SmithGroupJJR, American, founded 1853
- Manufactured by
- Peerless Pattern Works, Inc., founded 1923
- Morel Industries, founded 1917
- Dura Industries, American, ca. 1985
- Northstar Contracting, Inc., American
- Date
- ca. 2013
- Medium
- cast aluminum coated with vinyl paint
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 63 × 41 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (160 × 104.8 × 3.8 cm)
- Description
- An openwork cast aluminum panel of the type used to fabricate the cladding that covers the exterior of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, located on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The panel's bronze color is the final finish, a Custom Artisan 3.5 in a 5-coat Kynar system, a costum Valspare mixture used for each layer of the 5-coats, and is the same as the color of the panels installed on the NMAAHC building. Panels with varying levels of opacity are used on each side of the building, to regulate the amount of light that enters the building. This panel is the Type E design, with an opacity or density of 85% (15% open). This panel was fabricated at the same time as the panels installed on the building.
- The tooling for the Corona panels was made at Peerless Pattern Works in Portland, Oregon. The panels were cast at Morel Industries in Portland, Oregon. After painting, the panels were sent to Cleveland, Ohio to Northstar Contracting for assembly onto carrier frames prior to installation on site.
- The panel sometimes is referred to as a "corona panel," because these panels encapsulate the stacked upper levels of the building's design, referred to as the "corona" levels by the architects. The stacked shape of the building itself was designed to relfect the stacked top portions of Yoruba carved wood columns by Olowe of Ise found on traditional buildings in Nigeria. This top portion is known as a "capital" in architectural vocabulary, and the architects also use the words "crown" and "corona" to refer to the design inspiration they gained from this top portion of Yoruba column.
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Type
- facades
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.41.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Corona panel designed for NMAAHC (Type F: 90% opacity)
- Designed by
- Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008
- Adjaye, David, British, born 1966
- Bond, J. Max Jr., American, 1935 - 2009
- Freelon, Philip G., American, 1953 - 2019
- SmithGroupJJR, American, founded 1853
- Manufactured by
- Peerless Pattern Works, Inc., founded 1923
- Morel Industries, founded 1917
- Dura Industries, American, ca. 1985
- Northstar Contracting, Inc., American
- Date
- ca. 2013
- Medium
- cast aluminum coated with vinyl paint
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 63 × 41 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (160 × 104.8 × 3.8 cm)
- Description
- An openwork cast aluminum panel of the type used to fabricate the cladding that covers the exterior of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, located on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The panel's bronze color is the final finish, a Custom Artisan 3.5 in a 5-coat Kynar system, a costum Valspare mixture used for each layer of the 5-coats, and is the same as the color of the panels installed on the NMAAHC building. Panels with varying levels of opacity are used on each side of the building, to regulate the amount of light that enters the building. This panel is the Type F design, with an opacity or density of 90% (10% open). This panel was fabricated at the same time as the panels installed on the building.
- The tooling for the Corona panels was made at Peerless Pattern Works in Portland, Oregon. The panels were cast at Morel Industries in Portland, Oregon. After painting, the panels were sent to Cleveland, Ohio to Northstar Contracting for assembly onto carrier frames prior to installation on site.
- The panel sometimes is referred to as a "corona panel," because these panels encapsulate the stacked upper levels of the building's design, referred to as the "corona" levels by the architects. The stacked shape of the building itself was designed to relfect the stacked top portions of Yoruba carved wood columns by Olowe of Ise found on traditional buildings in Nigeria. This top portion is known as a "capital" in architectural vocabulary, and the architects also use the words "crown" and "corona" to refer to the design inspiration they gained from this top portion of Yoruba column.
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Type
- facades
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.41.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Building brick from Spelman College's Upton Hall
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Spelman College, American, founded 1881
- Date
- ca. 1905
- On ViewConcourse 2, C 2053
- Medium
- building brick
- Dimensions
- 2 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 4 in. (6.4 x 21.6 x 10.2 cm)
- Description
- A clay brick that was once part of the structure of Spelman College's Upton Hall. The brick is a standard solid style brick, with slight irregularity because of a loss at one of the corners. The brick is a deep red color, and all sides of the brick are worn. There is no mortar residue except for a very small area on one of the brick's short sides.
- Place used
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Spelman College
- Object number
- 2012.118
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Swinging doors from Muse Bar, the home bar of Isaiah Muse
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Muse, Isaiah, American, 1919 - 2012
- Date
- 1970s
- On ViewConcourse 1, C1 053
- Exhibition
- A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
- Medium
- wood and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 41 × 16 in. (104.1 × 40.6 cm)
- H (inside edge door height): 40 3/4 in. (103.5 cm)
- H (outside edge door height): 37 1/4 in. (94.6 cm)
- Description
- A matched pair of swinging bar doors. The doors are wood with a natural, glossy varnish, and are louvered with fixed slats. The upper edge of each door curves upward towards the center edge, so that the inner height of the doors is greater than the outer height, where the doors would mount into the door frame. When mounted, the doors would swing freely and do not have any hooks or fasteners. The doors have metal mounting hardware on the upper and lower corners of the outer edges.
- Place used
- South Shore, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cassandra Fay Smith
- Object number
- 2011.101.8ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Door with "WHITES ONLY" lettering
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1950s
- On ViewConcourse 2, C 2053
- Medium
- wood , glass
- Dimensions
- Overall with Weight: 78 x 32 x 2 in., 50 lb. (198.1 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm, 22.7 kg)
- Description
- A wood-framed glass door with chipped white paint on the wood. The door has three decals on the glass. The most prominent has the words: [WHITES ONLY] in white text, halfway down the door. Two others, above it, are for the National and Texas Restaurant Associations and are orange with black text.
- Place used
- Post, Garza County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Type
- doors
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.141
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Building brick from Bethune-Cookman University's White Hall
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Bethune-Cookman University, American, founded 1904
- Date
- ca. 1916
- On ViewConcourse 2, C 2053
- Medium
- building brick and mortar
- Dimensions
- 3 x 8 x 4 in. (7.6 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm)
- Description
- A clay brick that was once part of the structure of Bethune-Cookman University's White Hall. The brick is a standard solid style brick, with some irregularity in shape because of a chunk of mortar affixed to the top side. The brick is a faintly reddish color, with a gray tinge from mortar residue. All sides of the brick are weathered and worn. The bottom has the least amount of mortar residue.
- Place used
- Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bethune-Cookman University
- Object number
- 2012.97
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Brick from a cistern found at Florida A&M University
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- ca. 1890
- On ViewConcourse 2, C 2053
- Medium
- building brick and mortar
- Dimensions
- Overall with Weight: 2 1/2 x 9 x 3 1/2 in., 4.5 lb. (6.4 x 22.9 x 8.9 cm, 2 kg)
- Description
- A clay brick that was once part of a cistern found on the campus of Florida A&M University. The brick appears to have been a standard solid style brick previously, but now it has an irregular shape, perhaps cut into its current shape when it was removed from the cistern. The front of the brick is a rich, reddish brown color, with irregular cuts across the surface. The proper right and bottom sides are covered with gray-colored mortar. The top, proper left and back sides of the brick are flat and weathered, with the appearance of retaining their original shape from when the brick was fired. The top side has regular incisions cut into its surface. At the proper-right corner, there is a small segment of an adjoining brick still attached to the mortar. The mortar is 3/8 inch thick on the bottom side and 3/4 inch thick on the right side.
- Place used
- Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Topic
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Segregation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Florida AandM University
- Object number
- 2013.179
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Guard tower from Camp H at Angola Prison
- Commissioned by
- Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
- Date
- 1900-1950
- On ViewConcourse 2, C 2053
- Medium
- steel and concrete
- Dimensions
- 255 × 108 × 84 in. (647.7 × 274.3 × 213.4 cm)
- Description
- A steel and concrete tower with external stairway that sits on a raised platform. The tower has a window on each of its four sides. A doorway is on the side closest to the metal stairs. The tower has a corrugated metal roof.
- Place collected
- West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Topic
- American South
- Labor
- Prisons
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections and Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola
- Object number
- 2013.26.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Bars and door for prison cell no. 3 from Camp A at Angola prison
- Manufactured by
- Forte and Tablada Inc., American, founded 1961
- Commissioned by
- Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
- Date
- ca. 1972
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 051
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Medium
- steel
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (assembled gate and bars ): 87 1/4 × 139 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (221.6 × 353.7 × 24.1 cm)
- Description
- Bars and gate for prison cell from cell no. 3 of Camp A at Angola prison in Louisiana. The structure, which makes up the fourth wall of the prison cell and has a moveable gate, is made up of thirteen separate pieces that form one solid piece when assembled.
- Place collected
- West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Type
- cells
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections and Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola
- Object number
- 2013.26.2.1a-n
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions