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T-shirt from the 2018 Stacey Abrams Georgia gubernatorial campaign
- Created by
- Abrams, Stacey for Governor, American, founded 2018
- Manufactured by
- American Apparel, American, founded 1989
- Subject of
- Abrams, Stacey, American, born 1973
- Date
- 2018
- Medium
- cotton (textile)
- Dimensions
- H x W (flat): 29 1/2 × 34 in. (74.9 × 86.4 cm)
- Description
- A size large white cotton t-shirt with [STACEY / ABRAMS / GOVERNOR] printed across the front in rainbow lettering. Below the printed text is a union printing label.
- Place depicted
- Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- T-shirts
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Earl Fowlkes in honor of Thomas Kevin King
- Object number
- 2019.43.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Navy baseball cap from the 2018 Stacey Abrams Georgia gubernatorial campaign
- Created by
- Abrams, Stacey for Governor, American, founded 2018
- Manufactured by
- Bayside Apparel & Headwear, American
- Subject of
- Abrams, Stacey, American, born 1973
- Date
- 2018
- Medium
- cotton (textile) and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3 1/2 × 8 × 11 in. (8.9 × 20.3 × 27.9 cm)
- Description
- A navy blue baseball cap with [STACEY / ABRAMS] in white text and [GOVERNOR] in smaller blue text printed across the front. There is a metal buckle at the back center and a union printing label on the back right side.
- Place depicted
- Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- baseball caps
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Earl Fowlkes in honor of Thomas Kevin King
- Object number
- 2019.43.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Pinback button for the Democratic Party with LGBTQ rainbow stripes
- Created by
- Democratic National Committee, American, founded 1848
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
- Date
- 2018
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
- Description
- A round, white pinback button with the Democratic Party's donkey symbol printed in rainbow stripes in the center. There is a union printing label at the bottom center of the front.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Earl Fowlkes in honor of Thomas Kevin King
- Object number
- 2019.43.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Pinback button for the Democratic Party with LGBTQ rainbow stripes
- Created by
- Democratic National Committee, American, founded 1848
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
- Date
- 2018
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
- Description
- A round, pinback button in rainbow stripes with the Democratic Party's donkey symbol printed in white in the center. There is a union printing label at the bottom center of the front.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Earl Fowlkes in honor of Thomas Kevin King
- Object number
- 2019.43.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Pinback button with "LGBTQ+ for Stacey Abrams"
- Created by
- Abrams, Stacey for Governor, American, founded 2018
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Abrams, Stacey, American, born 1973
- Date
- 2018
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
- Description
- A round, navy blue pinback button. A rainbow is printed at the top, with [LGBTQ+] in bright blue letters followed by [FOR / STACEY / ABRAMS] in white letters. Across the bottom is printed [Stacy Abrams, Sarah Riggs Amico, Charlie Bailey and John Barrow - Delivering for Georgia] in white letters. There is a union printing label beneath the text.
- Place depicted
- Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Earl Fowlkes in honor of Thomas Kevin King
- Object number
- 2019.43.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Pinback button with "LGBTQ+ for Stacey Abrams"
- Created by
- Abrams, Stacey for Governor, American, founded 2018
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Abrams, Stacey, American, born 1973
- Date
- 2018
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
- Description
- A round, navy blue pinback button. A rainbow is printed at the top, with [LGBTQ+] in bright blue letters followed by [FOR / STACEY / ABRAMS] in white letters. Across the bottom is printed [Stacy Abrams, Sarah Riggs Amico, Charlie Bailey and John Barrow - Delivering for Georgia] in white letters. There is a union printing label beneath the text.
- Place depicted
- Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Earl Fowlkes in honor of Thomas Kevin King
- Object number
- 2019.43.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Pair of stars and stripes slippers attributed to Elizabeth Keckley
- Attributed to
- Keckley, Elizabeth Hobbs, American, 1818 - 1907
- Owned by
- Welles, Gideon, American, 1802 - 1878
- Date
- ca. 1865
- Medium
- fiber , leather and thread
- Dimensions
- L x W: 10 1/4 × 3 in. (26 × 7.6 cm)
- Description
- A pair of men's boudoir slippers in a stars and stripes design attributed to Elizabeth Keckley. The slippers were likely commissioned by Mrs. Gideon Welles to be presented to her husband, Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under President Lincoln. The slippers are crocheted in stripes of red and white from the toe to the heel. Across the top of the vamp is a blue band embroidered with scattered white stars. The throat of the slippers is edged in a twisted blue and red cord. The slippers have a flat, leather sole and a squarish toe.
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Type
- slippers
- Topic
- Business
- Clothing and dress
- Craftsmanship
- Free communities of color
- Politics
- Slavery
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.35.2.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Cabinet card of Gideon Welles
- Photograph by
- Brady, Mathew, American, 1822 - 1896
- Subject of
- Welles, Gideon, American, 1802 - 1878
- Date
- 1860-1878
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 4 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (11.5 × 8.8 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 6 5/16 × 4 1/8 in. (16.1 × 10.5 cm)
- Description
- This cabinet card depicts Gideon Welles on a Mathew Brady mount. Shown from the waist up, he wears a black frock coat and waistcoat over a white shirt. A pocket watch chain T-bar is visible in one buttonhole. There is text at the bottom left corner of the card mount that reads "Brady, Photo, New York." The reverse of the card mount has text that reads "Imperial Carte de Visite, / by/ BRADY/ NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY/ No. 785 Broadway, / New York, / 627 Pennsylvania Avenue, / Washington, / D. C."
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.35.2.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Box signed by Jimmy Carter housing a cuff link worn by Eugene Allen
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Worn by
- Allen, Eugene, American, 1919 - 2010
- Signed by
- President Carter, Jimmy, American, born 1924
- Date
- 1977-1981
- Medium
- cardboard, coated paper, synthetic fiber, ink
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3 3/16 × 2 5/16 × 1 in. (8.1 × 5.9 × 2.5 cm)
- Description
- Box signed by President Jimmy Carter containing one cuff link from a White House butler uniform worn by Eugene Allen. The white box is signed on the lid by Carter in green ink. The white box is slightly discolored. There is an insert inside the box with two (2) hand-made holes to secure cuff links. Only one cuff link is in the box and the second opening is empty.
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment-Occupational
- Type
- boxes (containers)
- Topic
- Business
- Clothing and dress
- Government
- Labor
- Local and regional
- Politics
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles E. Allen in memory of Eugene Allen & Helene Allen
- Object number
- 2018.5.1.9.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Nautical clock gifted from Pres. Theodore Roosevelt to William L. Houston
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Commissioned by
- President Roosevelt, Theodore, American, 1858 - 1919
- Received by
- Houston, William Lepre, American, 1870 - 1953
- Owned by
- Houston, Charles Hamilton, American, 1895 - 1951
- Date
- 1905-1919
- Medium
- glass, metal and marble
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (.4a Clock): 7 × 4 3/8 × 4 3/8 in. (17.8 × 11.2 × 11.2 cm)
- H x W x D (.4b Stand): 10 × 4 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (25.4 × 11.4 × 39.4 cm)
- Caption
- William LePre Houston (1870-1953) was a prominent Washington, DC attorney who was active in the Republican Party and worked for African American labor organizations, including the Railway Men's International Benevolent Industrial Association. According to son and law partner Charles Hamilton Houston, this nautical clock was a gift from President Theodore Roosevelt for his father's role as an unofficial African American advisor.The clock was a significant family heirloom that resided on the mantelpiece of the family's home on Washington's northwest side.
- Description
- A table clock with nautical design gifted from President Theodore Roosevelt to William L. Houston. The clock is comprised of two separate pieces, the clock itself (.4a) and the base (.4b). The bottom of the clock is made of marble resting on four metal pedestals at each corner. The greenish marble is cracked throughout but still intact. The largest feature of the clock is a brass arm on the right side that curves to the left. On the front of the arm is a propeller. The top of the arm has a piece that connects the chain to the block and tackle pulley system that holds up the clock. The clock is spherical and hangs from a post connected to a circle. The circle rests on the hook of the pulley system. The back of the clock is metal and opens on a hinge to show the inner mechanics. The front of the clock is glass with a numbered face. The metal chain connected to the pulley continues through the top circle of an anchor mounted to the marble base and then wraps around a ship's wheel secured to the base just below the hanging clock sphere. Inside the top of the wheel is a compass.
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
- Type
- mantel clocks
- Topic
- Families
- Labor
- Law
- Local and regional
- Ornamentation
- Politics
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Hamilton Houston, Jr. and Dr. Rosemary Jagus
- Object number
- 2018.59.4ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Carte-de-visite of Lt. Governor Oscar J. Dunn
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Lieutenant Governor Dunn, Oscar J., American, 1826 - 1871
- Owned by
- Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
- Date
- 1868-1871
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)
- H x W (image): 3 9/16 × 2 in. (9.1 × 5.1 cm)
- H x W x D (mounting board): 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 × 1/16 in. (35.3 × 27.8 × 0.1 cm)
- Description
- An albumen print carte-de-visite portrait of Lt. Governor Oscar J. Dunn. He is photographed standing with his right foot slightly forward than his left and has his left arm resting on a pedestal. He is wearing a dark colored suit, vest and a bowtie. A watch chain is visible on the right side of his vest. He is looking directly at the camera. The photograph is inscribed on at the top and bottom of the front. At the bottom, handwritten in black ink, is: [Lieut Gov. Oscar J. Dunn / of Louisiana].
- Place captured
- Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.62
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Commencement gown owned by Zora Neale Hurston
- Manufactured by
- Cox Sons & Vining, Inc., American, founded 1837
- Owned by
- Hurston, Zora Neale, American, 1891 - 1960
- Worn by
- Cohen, Lucy Kramer, American, 1907 - 2007
- Subject of
- Barnard College, American, founded 1889
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- fiber with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W (Gown): 45 1/4 × 18 3/16 in. (115 × 46.2 cm)
- Chest (Gown Internal): 47 1/16 in. (119.5 cm)
- Caption
- This commencement gown originally belonged to writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. Hurston was a member of Barnard College's graduating class of 1928. Her degree was conferred on February 29, 1928; however, Hurston did not participate in the commencement ceremony. Having completed her coursework and obtained funding, she sold the cap and gown before leaving New York to conduct anthropological research in Florida. Her fellow anthropology classmate Lucy Kramer purchased the regalia from Hurston and wore the gown during commencement. Kramer had to alter the hem so that the gown could fit her four foot, ten inch frame, but Hurston's monogram remains intact in the yoke of the gown.
- Description
- A commencement gown purchased by Zora Neale Hurston, for the 1928 Barnard College commencement ceremony. The gown is long and black with wide, long, pointed sleeves. The robes have a rounded collar and opens at the front into a “V.” Down the front hems are five (5) closures: four (4) hooks (1 missing) and (5) eyes. The front hems of the robes are embellished with a vertical folds of fabric. The sleeves are gathered at the shoulders and on either side of the chest. A black tag is stitched to the inside of the collar. It is embroidered with gold text reading "COX SONS AND VINING / 131-133 [loss] ST / NEW [loss]." Below the tag, pieces of fabric with the monogram letters "Z," "N," and "H" have been stitched in. There are two (2) cape ties attached to the interior of the robes at the shoulders. The back of the gown is heavily gathered at the seams of both sleeves and at the mid-back. Also on the back is a hood fastener constructed from a fabric covered button and a plied cord.
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- robes
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Zora Yaa Adams-Williams and The Family of Lucy Kramer Cohen (Barnard College, 1928)
- Object number
- 2018.81.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Commencement cap owned by Zora Neale Hurston
- Manufactured by
- Cox Sons & Vining, Inc., American, founded 1837
- Owned by
- Hurston, Zora Neale, American, 1891 - 1960
- Worn by
- Cohen, Lucy Kramer, American, 1907 - 2007
- Subject of
- Barnard College, American, founded 1889
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- fiber, ink on silk (fiber) and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Cap): 2 15/16 × 9 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (7.5 × 24.1 × 24.1 cm)
- Caption
- This commencement cap originally belonged to writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. Hurston was a member of Barnard College's graduating class of 1928. Her degree was conferred on February 29, 1928; however, Hurston did not participate in the commencement ceremony. Having completed her coursework and obtained funding, she sold the cap and gown before leaving New York to conduct anthropological research in Florida. Her fellow anthropology classmate Lucy Kramer purchased the regalia from Hurston and wore the gown during commencement. Kramer had to alter the hem so that the gown could fit her four foot, ten inch frame, but Hurston's monogram remains intact in the yoke of the gown.
- Description
- A commencement cap purchased by Zora Neale Hurston, for the 1928 Barnard College commencement ceremony. The cap is a black square academic cap. The cap has a horizontal square board affixed to a black skull-cap, with a black tassel attached to the center. The tassle is attached with a fabric covered button and made from thinly plied cords. The interior is lined with black silk. Stamped at the center of the silk lining is gold text that reads "Cox Sons & Vining / Academic Robe Makers / 131 East 23rd Street / New York."
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- caps (headgear)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Zora Yaa Adams-Williams and The Family of Lucy Kramer Cohen (Barnard College, 1928)
- Object number
- 2018.81.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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A Prospectus
- Written by
- Wells-Bowie, LaVerne, American
- Subject of
- Simmons, Lily, American, born 1925
- Corbette, Sarah, American
- Simmons, Agnes, American, born 1903
- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W (folded): 6 × 6 in. (15.2 × 15.2 cm)
- H x W (unfolded): 18 × 6 in. (45.7 × 15.2 cm)
- Title
- Pamphlet on influences of the African diaspora on architecture and landscape
- Description
- A pamphlet composed of a single rectangular sheet, printed on both sides, and divided into three panels by two fold lines. The pamphlet makes a square when folded. The pamphlet is composed of cream paper and printed with brown ink. The front side features a photograph of the entry to Agnes Simmons' house on Daufuskie Island at the top panel with the text [A PROSPECTUS / LaVerne Wells-Bowie] printed at the bottom right corner of the image. The center panel features a photograph of the interior of Simmons' screened-in porch, with an individual on the porch swing and two other individuals at a table. Below the image is cream-colored text reading [How have African-derived peoples applied their knowledge of environment in New World settings?] set into a brown rectangle, along with text about how porches and other transitional indoor/outdoor spaces in the Southeastern United States and Caribbean are cultural expressions of the African diaspora. The text continues on the bottom panel and a photograph of Simmons' house, yard, and outbuildings is along the bottom edge.
- The opposite side features an illustrated map of Sarah Corbette's family settlement in Montserrat at the top and an illustrated map of Lily Simmons' Daufuskie Island settlement at the bottom. The text from the front continues in the center, next to a small inset map of the Southeastern United States and the Caribbean. Along the bottom of the center panel is a copyright notice beginning [Copyright 1994 by LaVerne Wells-Bowie].
- Place depicted
- Montserrat, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- West Africa, Africa
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Type
- pamphlets
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Professor LaVerne Wells-Bowie
- Object number
- 2019.102.1.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © LaVerne Wells-Bowie
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A Prospectus
- Written by
- Wells-Bowie, LaVerne, American
- Subject of
- Simmons, Lily, American, born 1925
- Corbette, Sarah, American
- Simmons, Agnes, American, born 1903
- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W (folded): 6 × 6 in. (15.2 × 15.2 cm)
- H x W (unfolded): 18 × 6 in. (45.7 × 15.2 cm)
- Title
- Pamphlet on influences of the African diaspora on architecture and landscape
- Description
- A pamphlet composed of a single rectangular sheet, printed on both sides, and divided into three panels by two fold lines. The pamphlet makes a square when folded. The pamphlet is composed of cream paper and printed with brown ink. The front side features a photograph of the entry to Agnes Simmons' house on Daufuskie Island at the top panel with the text [A PROSPECTUS / LaVerne Wells-Bowie] printed at the bottom right corner of the image. The center panel features a photograph of the interior of Simmons' screened-in porch, with an individual on the porch swing and two other individuals at a table. Below the image is cream-colored text reading [How have African-derived peoples applied their knowledge of environment in New World settings?] set into a brown rectangle, along with text about how porches and other transitional indoor/outdoor spaces in the Southeastern United States and Caribbean are cultural expressions of the African diaspora. The text continues on the bottom panel and a photograph of Simmons' house, yard, and outbuildings is along the bottom edge.
- The opposite side features an illustrated map of Sarah Corbette's family settlement in Montserrat at the top and an illustrated map of Lily Simmons' Daufuskie Island settlement at the bottom. The text from the front continues in the center, next to a small inset map of the Southeastern United States and the Caribbean. Along the bottom of the center panel is a copyright notice beginning [Copyright 1994 by LaVerne Wells-Bowie].
- Place depicted
- Montserrat, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- West Africa, Africa
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Type
- pamphlets
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Professor LaVerne Wells-Bowie
- Object number
- 2019.102.1.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © LaVerne Wells-Bowie
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Bin-yuh, come-yuh = Been here, new come
- Written by
- Wells-Bowie, LaVerne, American
- Subject of
- Simmons, Lily, American, born 1925
- Corbette, Sarah, American
- Wiley, Ethel Mae, American, born 1941
- Wiley, Franklin D., American, born 1940
- First Union African Baptist Church, founded 1879
- Mount Carmel Baptist Church No. 2
- Date
- 2001
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W (physical, folded): 6 × 6 1/8 in. (15.2 × 15.5 cm)
- H x W (physical, unfolded): 6 × 23 7/8 in. (15.2 × 60.7 cm)
- File size: 1.76 GB
- Description
- A digitized booklet by LaVerne Wells-Bowie about African influences evident in the architecture and landscape of Daufuskie Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina. The booklet contains color photographs and illustrations of landscapes, building exteriors, and people throughout. The cover features an illustrated landscape of Daufuskie Island featuring a church, houses and other buildings set amidst palm trees and grasses along a shoreline. Above the illustration is the text [Bin-yuh / Been Here / Come-yuh / New Come]. Below the illustration is printed [LAVERNE WELLS-BOWIE]. The booklet features individuals and institutions in the Daufuskie Island community including Lily Simmons, Sarah Corbette, Ethel Mae and Franklin Wiley, First Union African Baptist Church, and Mount Carmel Baptist Church. There are 22 numbered pages, 32 black-and-white photographs and eight color photographs.
- Place depicted
- Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- West Africa, Africa
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Topic
- African diaspora
- American South
- Architecture
- Communities
- Domestic life
- Housing
- Language
- Nature
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Professor LaVerne Wells-Bowie
- Object number
- 2019.102.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © LaVerne Wells-Bowie
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Sample ballot for the 2008 Presidential election
- Printed by
- New York Board of Elections
- Subject of
- President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
- Vice President Biden, Joseph Robinette, Jr., American
- John McCain, American, 1936 - 2018
- Palin, Sarah, American, born 1964
- Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
- Republican Party, American, founded 1854
- Date
- 2008
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 36 × 43 3/8 in. (91.5 × 110.1 cm)
- H x W x D (partly rolled): 36 × 43 3/8 × 7 1/16 in. (91.5 × 110.1 × 18 cm)
- Caption
- New York’s 31 Electoral Votes helped to secure the Presidential victory for Obama. In New York, then-Democratic nominee Barack Obama took 62.9% of the vote, defeating Republican nominee John McCain with a 26.9% margin. At the time, this was the highest Democratic vote share in New York since Johnson’s Victory over Goldwater in 1964. Four years later, Obama would defeat his own New York state record with 63.35% of the vote in 2012.
- Description
- A sample ballot for the United States 2008 Presidential election in New York, New York. Printed in black ink on large off-white cardboard paper, the hyper visual ballot is designed with 11 top to bottom voting columns; voting machine instructions; voting party/group options from A to K, and an amendment proposal. Extensive voting machine instructions on the far left of the board are presented first in English, then again, in Spanish. To the right of the machine instructions, twenty rows of horizontal voting choices, A to K, list political parties and their candidates: Barack Obama/Joe Biden; John McCain/Sarah Palin; Roger Calero/Alsyon Kennedy; Gloria La Riva/Eugene Puryear; Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez; Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente; Bob Barr/Wayne A Root; Martin Schoenfeld; Marcy L. Kahn; Judith J. Gische; Shirley Werner Kornreich; Nora S. Anderson; Nancy M. Bannon, Charles B. Rangel; Bill Perkins; Adam Clayton Powell; Edward Daniels; Norma Soriano; George L. Espada, Sr.; Martin Koppel and Craig Schley. The last voting column on the far right, with the number one inside, offers “yes” or “no” in English and Spanish, on a proposed amendment to Article 5, section 6 of the Constitution. A blue ink stamp from the Board of Elections [SAMPLE BALLOT] features towards the lower half of the board, and at the bottom of the of the last column are Chinese and Korean characters, instructing the use of the voting machine lever. There are no markings on the reverse of the ballot.
- Place printed
- Manhattan, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Karen J. Greene, Ph.D.
- Object number
- 2019.103.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Sample ballot for the 2008 Presidential election
- Printed by
- New York Board of Elections
- Subject of
- President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
- Vice President Biden, Joseph Robinette, Jr., American
- John McCain, American, 1936 - 2018
- Palin, Sarah, American, born 1964
- Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
- Republican Party, American, founded 1854
- Date
- 2008
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 36 × 43 3/8 in. (91.5 × 110.1 cm)
- H x W x D (partly rolled): 36 × 43 3/8 × 7 1/16 in. (91.5 × 110.1 × 18 cm)
- Caption
- New York’s 31 Electoral Votes helped to secure the Presidential victory for Obama. In New York, then-Democratic nominee Barack Obama took 62.9% of the vote, defeating Republican nominee John McCain with a 26.9% margin. At the time, this was the highest Democratic vote share in New York since Johnson’s Victory over Goldwater in 1964. Four years later, Obama would defeat his own New York state record with 63.35% of the vote in 2012.
- Description
- A sample ballot for the United States 2008 Presidential election in New York, New York. Printed in black ink on large off-white cardboard paper, the hyper visual ballot is designed with 11 top to bottom voting columns; voting machine instructions; voting party/group options from A to K, and an amendment proposal. Extensive voting machine instructions on the far left of the board are presented first in English, then again, in Spanish. To the right of the machine instructions, twenty rows of horizontal voting choices, A to K, list political parties and their candidates: Barack Obama/Joe Biden; John McCain/Sarah Palin; Roger Calero/Alsyon Kennedy; Gloria La Riva/Eugene Puryear; Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez; Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente; Bob Barr/Wayne A Root; Martin Schoenfeld; Marcy L. Kahn; Judith J. Gische; Shirley Werner Kornreich; Nora S. Anderson; Nancy M. Bannon, Charles B. Rangel; Bill Perkins; Adam Clayton Powell; Edward Daniels; Norma Soriano; George L. Espada, Sr.; Martin Koppel and Craig Schley. The last voting column on the far right, with the number one inside, offers “yes” or “no” in English and Spanish, on a proposed amendment to Article 5, section 6 of the Constitution. A blue ink stamp from the Board of Elections [SAMPLE BALLOT] features towards the lower half of the board, and at the bottom of the of the last column are Chinese and Korean characters, instructing the use of the voting machine lever. There are no markings on the reverse of the ballot.
- Place printed
- Manhattan, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Karen J. Greene, Ph.D.
- Object number
- 2019.103.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Flier for an African American Resource Machine benefit with Eldridge Cleaver
- Illustrated by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Cleaver, Eldridge, American, 1935 - 1998
- African-American Resource Machine, American
- Artists' Television Access, American
- Date
- ca. 1990
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 8 9/16 in. (28 × 21.7 cm)
- Description
- A flyer for a benefit hosted by the African-American Resource Machine advertising a presentation by Eldridge Cleaver. The flyer is mostly off-white with a black silhouette of a man dominating the center left side of the flyer. The top and bottom of the flyer have thick black bands with the name [ELDRIDGE] and [CLEAVER] writing in negative space, off-white text. There is a small red design in the black band in the top right corner. Printed vertically and along the right edge, and horizontally along the bottom edge, is repeating black text that reads [African-American Resource Machine]. Next to the silhouette, at the center right, is the benefit information printed in black text that reads [Saturday, / April 14 / Artist's Television Access 2pm / 992 Valencia St. / San Francisco / 824-3890 / BENEFIT: A A R M]. The ticket price is printed in black vertical text next to Cleaver’s last name, [$18]. There is a quote by Cleaver printed in negative space, off-white text over the shoulders of the silhouetted figure that reads: “The system is evil. It is criminal; it is / murderous. And it is in control. It is in / power. It is arrogant. It is crazy. And / it looks upon the people as its proper- / ty. So much so that cops, who are pub- / lic servants, feel justified in going onto / a school campus, and spraying Mace in / the faces of the people.” The back of the flyer is blank with two handwritten pencil inscriptions in the top left corner.
- Place used
- San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Topic
- Activism
- Art
- Black power
- Politics
- Race discrimination
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2019.22.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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A Panther is a Black Cat: a Study in Depth of the Black Panther Party - its Origins, its Goals, its Struggle for Survival
- Written by
- Major, Reginald, American, died 2011
- Published by
- William Morrow and Company, Inc., founded 1926
- Subject of
- Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- ink on paper with cardboard and acetate film
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 9/16 × 5 7/8 × 1 5/16 in. (21.8 × 14.9 × 3.3 cm)
- Description
- A first edition copy of A Panther is a Black Cat: a Study in Depth of the Black Panther Party - its Origins, its Goals, its Struggle for Survival by Reginald Major. The book has a paper dust jacket and a plastic book jacket cover. The front cover of the dust jacket is black and is dominated by the book title printed thick, white, block text, [A PANTHER / IS / A BLACK CAT], and the subtitle in thin white text, [A study in depth of the Black / Panther Party - its origins, its / goals, its struggle for survival], at the top and [by Reginald Major] at the bottom. The title is divided by thin red and green lines. The author’s last name, main title, and the publisher’s name and logo is printed in white along the spine framed by red and green lines. The back of the dust jacket features a large black-and-white photograph of Major. Major is depicted from the waist up, with his proper right shoulder held slightly forward, and a pipe held in his proper left hand. Below the image is his name and the publisher’s name and information. The jacket’s front interior flap features a book summary, price, and publisher’s name. The jacket’s back interior flap features a biography of the author, the name of the jacket designer, and the publisher’s name. The front and back covers of the book are black and are blank. The book title, author, and publisher’s name and logo are printed on the book spine in red, white, and green vertical and horizontal text. The interior of the book has black type on white pages. The pastedowns and free endpapers are red. The content of the book includes a history of the Black Panther Part told an eyewitness account. The book has three hundred and eight (308) pages.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Type
- hardcover books
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2019.22.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1971 by Reginald Major. Permission required for use.