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  • Black Enterprise, Volume 16, No. 11

    Black Enterprise, Volume 16, No. 11

    Published by
    Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969
    Subject of
    Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970
    Medium
    ink on paper with metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4 × 1/2 in. (27.6 × 21 × 1.3 cm)
    H x W x D (Open): 10 7/8 × 16 1/2 × 1/2 in. (27.6 × 41.9 × 1.3 cm)
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Date
    1986
    Description
    An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, June 1986, Volume 16, No. 11. The front cover reads, in white type at the top: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE] with [JUNE 1986 $3.00] in top right corner. Yellow type underneath the name of the magazine reads: [THE TOP 100 / BLACK BUSINESSES]. The image featured on the front cover is a color image of someone sculpting the number [100] out of a gray stone with a hammer and chisel. Discarded stones are below on wooden table, with other chiseling tools. Yellow type along the bottom of front cover reads [HOW YOU CAN WIN ON THE / CORPORATE BATTLEGROUND] and [THE ALLURE OF / WASHINGTON, D.C.]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom right corner. The interior pages of the magazine, 336 in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, highlights of successful African-American business men and women, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Travelers. The advertisement has an image of a close-up of a red airplane wing with the sun in the background. White type at the top of the image reads: [Welcome To The New World Of Financial Services…]. Additional white type is featured in the center of the image. The company’s logo is at the bottom of the advertisement.
    Topic
    African American
    Business
    Mass media
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.76.12.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.
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  • Black Enterprise, Volume 20, No. 8

    Black Enterprise, Volume 20, No. 8

    Published by
    Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969
    Subject of
    Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product) with metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (2014.76.12.10a (Closed)): 10 13/16 × 8 3/16 × 1/8 in. (27.5 × 20.8 × 0.3 cm)
    H x W x D (2014.76.12.10a (Open)): 10 13/16 × 16 3/8 × 1/8 in. (27.5 × 41.6 × 0.3 cm)
    H x W (2014.76.12.10b): 4 × 5 7/8 in. (10.2 × 14.9 cm)
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Date
    1990
    Description
    2014.76.12.10a: An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, March 1990, Volume 20, No. 8. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE / MARCH 1990 $1.95] and in yellow type: [B.E. GUIDE TO EXECUTIVE TRAVEL]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a man leaning on the back of a maroon leather chair, in a black suit with a red tie. A globe and book shelves are visible in the background. Yellow type on the left of the front cover reads: [SUCCESS! / Managing Corporate Change]. White type, identifying the man in the image, in the bottom right corner reads: [Kenneth I. Chenault, / President, American Express / Consumer Card Group, U.S.A.]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, ninety-six in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, travel articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for United Airlines with a color image of a terminal hallway in the Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Black type in the bottom half of the advertisement reads: [Minority-owned businesses are / helping us build the world’s best airline. / Yours could be one of them.].
    2014.76.12.10b: A mail-in card that fell loose from the magazine.
    Topic
    African American
    Business
    Mass media
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.76.12.10ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.
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  • Black Enterprise, Volume 20, No. 9

    Black Enterprise, Volume 20, No. 9

    Published by
    Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969
    Subject of
    Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product) with metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (2014.76.12.11a (Closed)): 10 13/16 × 8 1/8 × 1/8 in. (27.5 × 20.6 × 0.3 cm)
    H x W x D (2014.76.12.11b (Open)): 10 13/16 × 16 5/16 × 1/8 in. (27.5 × 41.4 × 0.3 cm)
    H x W: 4 1/4 × 5 7/8 in. (10.8 × 14.9 cm)
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Date
    1990
    Description
    2014.76.12.11a: An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, April 1990, Volume 20, No. 9. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE / APRIL 1990 $1.95] and in yellow type: [PLANNING FOR YOUR RETIREMENT]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a man standing behind a woman who sits behind an architectural model. The man has his hands on the woman’s shoulders and the woman has her proper right hand over the man’s proper left hand. Yellow type on the left side of the front cover reads: [COPRENEURS / Partners In / Marriage And / Business]. White type in the bottom left corner identifies the people in the image and reads: [Bill and Ivenue / Stanley run / an architectural / firm in Atlanta]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, ninety-six in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, lifestyle articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Benson & Hedges cigarettes. The advertisement consists of three images of men and women sitting, talking on the phone, laughing, and smoking cigarettes. Black type in the advertisement reads: [For people who like to smoke… / Benson & Hedges].
    2014.76.12.11b: A mail-in card that fell loose from the magazine.
    Topic
    African American
    Business
    Families
    Mass media
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.76.12.11ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.
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    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
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  • Black Enterprise, Volume 28, No. 3

    Black Enterprise, Volume 28, No. 3

    Published by
    Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969
    Subject of
    Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product) with metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (2014.76.12.12a (Closed)): 10 13/16 × 8 × 1/4 in. (27.5 × 20.3 × 0.6 cm)
    H x W x D (2014.76.12.12a (Open)): 10 13/16 × 15 3/4 × 1/4 in. (27.5 × 40 × 0.6 cm)
    H x W (2014.76.12.12b): 4 × 5 1/2 in. (10.2 × 14 cm)
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Date
    1997
    Description
    2014.76.12.12a: An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, October 1997, Volume 28, No. 3. The front cover header in black and purple type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE / http://www.blackenterprise.com / OCTOBER 1997] and in white type over a purple background: [MONEY MANAGEMENT SPECIAL]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a woman smiling, with a young boy behind her with his arms around her neck, and another young man in front of her, with her proper left hand across his chest. They are all wearing white turtlenecks. Black and purple type down the left side of the front cover reads: [INVESTING / FOR YOUR / FAMILY'S / FUTURE], [Expert / Advice On / How To Grow / Your Money], [Pros & Cons / of Investing Online], and [The Boom In / Black Mutual Funds]. Purple type in the bottom right corner identifies the people on the cover and reads: [Joyce Stone’s / No. 1 investment / objective is providing / for the futures of her / sons Darius and / Ramziddin]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, 167 in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Bombay Sapphire. The advertisement consists of a color image of a bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin to the left of a stylized martini glass that has an olive at its top. White type at the bottom reads: [The Bombay Sapphire Martini. As Balanced By Hilton McConnico / Pour Something Priceless].
    2014.76.12.12b: A mail-in card that fell loose from the magazine.
    Topic
    African American
    Business
    Children
    Families
    Mass media
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.76.12.12ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.
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  • Black Enterprise, Volume 17, No. 7

    Black Enterprise, Volume 17, No. 7

    Published by
    Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969
    Subject of
    Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product) with metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 10 7/8 × 8 1/8 × 1/4 in. (27.6 × 20.6 × 0.6 cm)
    H x W x D (Open): 10 7/8 × 16 1/4 × 1/4 in. (27.6 × 41.3 × 0.6 cm)
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Date
    1987
    Description
    An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, February 1987, Volume 17, No. 7. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE]. The top right corner has additional text that reads, in white type: [FEBRUARY 1987 $1.95] and in a gold banner in black type: [ANNUAL CAREERS & / OPPORTUNITIES ISSUE]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a man in a suit standing in front of building with columns. Down the left side, in yellow and white type, reads: [GAINING THE / PROFESSIONAL / EDGE], [The Money Merchants: / Hot Careers In / Banking & Finance], and [Salary Roundup: / Who Earns What]. White type in the bottom right corner identifies the man on the cover and reads: [Milton Irvin, a director / at Salomon Brothers Inc.]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, 168 in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, an article featuring women in the work place, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Benson & Hedges cigarettes. The advertisement has a white background with black type in the top right corner that reads: [For people who like to smoke… / BENSON & HEDGES / because quality matters.]. The top left corner has a small image and the center of the advertisement has a large image. The images both show a man wearing a shirt and tie and a woman wearing pajamas, smoking cigarettes while eating and reading the newspaper. In the bottom right corner of the larger image there is a Surgeon General’s warning.
    Topic
    African American
    Business
    Mass media
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.76.12.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.
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  • Black Enterprise, Volume 1, No. 10

    Black Enterprise, Volume 1, No. 10

    Published by
    Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969
    Subject of
    Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product) with metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 10 7/8 × 8 3/16 × 3/16 in. (27.6 × 20.8 × 0.5 cm)
    H x W x D (Open): 10 7/8 × 16 3/8 × 3/16 in. (27.6 × 41.6 × 0.5 cm)
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Date
    1989
    Description
    An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, August 1989, Volume 1, No. 10. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE / AUGUST 1989 $1.95] and in yellow type: [19th Anniversary Issue]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a woman in a red skirt suit, sitting cross-legged on a pile of books. White type on the left side of the front cover reads: [TAKING / CHARGE / Corporate Achievers Under 35], followed by a caption of identifying the woman that reads: [Marilyn Ducksworth, / vice president / and associate / publisher of / Putnam / Publishing / Group]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, ninety-two in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, lifestyle articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Benson & Hedges cigarettes with a color image of a man and woman at a table eating. The woman holds a smoking cigarette in her proper left hand.
    Topic
    African American
    Business
    Mass media
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.76.12.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.
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  • Black Enterprise, Volume 20, No. 2

    Black Enterprise, Volume 20, No. 2

    Published by
    Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969
    Subject of
    Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product) with metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (2014.76.12a (Closed)): 10 7/8 × 8 3/16 × 3/16 in. (27.6 × 20.8 × 0.5 cm)
    H x W x D (2014.76.12a (Open)): 10 7/8 × 16 3/16 × 3/16 in. (27.6 × 41.1 × 0.5 cm)
    H x W (2014.76.12b): 4 × 5 3/4 in. (10.2 × 14.6 cm)
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Date
    1989
    Description
    2014.76.12.7a: An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, September 1989, Volume 20, No. 2. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE], in black type: [SEPTEMBER 1989 $1.95] and in yellow type: [Affirmative Action Update]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a man in a gray suit with a yellow tie standing in front of a Goodyear blimp. Yellow type on the left side of the front cover reads: [THE FRANCHISE 50 / Reaching For New Horizons.]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, 120 in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, lifestyle articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for United Airlines with a color image of a terminal hallway in the Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Black type in the bottom half of the advertisement reads: [Minority-owned businesses are / helping us build the world’s best airline. / Yours could be one of them.].
    2014.76.12.7b: A mail-in card that fell loose from the magazine.
    Topic
    African American
    Business
    Mass media
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.76.12.7ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.
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  • Black Enterprise, Volume 20, No. 4

    Black Enterprise, Volume 20, No. 4

    Published by
    Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969
    Subject of
    Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product) with metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (2014.76.12.8a (Closed)): 10 13/16 × 8 1/8 × 3/16 in. (27.5 × 20.6 × 0.5 cm)
    H x W x D (2014.76.12.8a (Open)): 10 13/16 × 16 1/4 × 3/16 in. (27.5 × 41.3 × 0.5 cm)
    H x W (2014.76.12.8b): 3 3/4 × 5 1/4 in. (9.5 × 13.3 cm)
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Date
    1989
    Description
    2014.76.12.8a: An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, November 1989, Volume 20, No. 4. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE], in black type: [NOVEMBER 1989 $1.95], and in red type: [The 1990 B.E. Auto Guide]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a family (man, woman, and two young boys) standing outside of brick building with white columns. The man is in a suit, the woman is in a red skirt suit, the older boy is in a school uniform carrying a red backpack, and the younger boy is in a blue pull over sweater with white collar underneath and is also carrying a red backpack. Red and white type down the left side of front cover reads: [NEW / CHALLENGES / FOR THE / BLACK / MIDDLE / CLASS] and [Choosing The Best / Insurance For You]. White type in the bottom right corner of the front cover identifies the image as: [The Johnsons of Atlanta]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, 132 in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, auto articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Toyota Celica. The advertisement consists of two images of a red Toyota Celica (frontal view and a profile view of the proper left of the car) at the top and bottom. White type is featured in between the car images.
    2014.76.12.8b: A mail-in card that fell loose from the magazine.
    Topic
    African American
    Business
    Children
    Families
    Mass media
    Transportation
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.76.12.8ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.
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  • Management contract for Sam Cooke

    Management contract for Sam Cooke

    Created by
    William Morris Agency, American, 1898 - 2009
    Subject of
    Cooke, Sam, American, 1931 - 1964
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
    Type
    contract documents
    Place depicted
    Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 26, 1959
    Description
    A one-year management contract between Sam Cooke and the William Morris Agency. It is comprised of two sheets of white paper with black printed text and additional typed and stamped information. Stapled to the front of the document is a small sheet of white paper with typed text regarding paragraph 3(b) of the contract. Sam Cooke's initials are signed at the bottom of this page.
    Topic
    African American
    Business
    Entertainers
    Singers (Musicians)
    Soul (Music)
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2011.68.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
    Exhibition
    Musical Crossroads
    On View
    NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Blueprints for Success

    Blueprints for Success

    Article from Black Enterprise magazine featuring Norma Merrick Sklarek
    Issued by
    Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970
    Written by
    Whittingham-Barnes, Donna
    Photograph by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Williams, Paul R., American, 1894 - 1980
    Sklarek, Norma Merrick, American, 1926 - 2012
    American Institute of Architects, American, founded 1857
    Owned by
    Sklarek, Norma Merrick, American, 1926 - 2012
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 10 7/8 × 8 in. (27.6 × 20.3 cm)
    Type
    articles
    Place depicted
    United States, North and Central America
    Date
    February 1991
    Description
    A three (3) page article titled "Blueprints for Success," written by Donna Whittingham-Barnes, published in the February 1991 issue of Black Enterprise magazine. The article has been removed from the magazine and the three (3) pages are loose. The first page has a photograph of architects Donald Stull and David Lee seated on stairs. The article begins [Architects are modern-day alchemists. But their task is harder than changing base metal into gold…]. Architect Norma Sklarek is also featured. There are advertisements interspersed on the pages.
    Topic
    African American
    Architecture
    Business
    Mass media
    Professional organizations
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David Merrick Fairweather and Yvonne Goff
    Object number
    TA2018.23.4.1.6.9
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc. Permission required for use.
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  • Business contract between Club Harlem and Flash Gordon

    Business contract between Club Harlem and Flash Gordon

    Created by
    American Guild of Variety Artists, founded 1939
    Used by
    Club Harlem, American, 1935 - 1986
    Received by
    Gordon, Flash
    Signed by
    Alton, Ben
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
    Type
    contracts
    Date
    February 20, 1956
    Description
    A business contract between Club Harlem and Flash Gordon booking the exotic dancer to perform at the club starting February 20, 1956 for seven (7) days for one hundred dollars ($100.00) to be paid weekly. In the contract, Gordon also agrees to an option of extending the agreement for three (3) consecutive additional periods of two (2) consecutive weeks each, immediately following the conclusion of the original engagement. The contract is on a contract form created by the American Guild of Variety Artists. The contract is signed and dated by Flash Gordon.
    Topic
    African American
    Business
    Entertainers
    Musicians
    Nightlife
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Henrietta W. Shelton, Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation, Inc.
    Object number
    2011.145.4.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Receipt for payment to Jack Little for his service in the Continental Army

    Receipt for payment to Jack Little for his service in the Continental Army

    Issued by
    State of Connecticut, American, founded 1778
    Subject of
    Continental Army, American, 1775 - 1796
    4th Connecticut Regiment, 1775 - 1783
    Signed by
    Little, Jack, American
    Lawrence, Samuel, American
    Butler, Richard, American
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 4 3/16 x 8 5/16 in. (10.6 x 21.1 cm)
    Type
    receipts
    Place used
    Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1782
    Description
    Revolutionary War payment receipt owned by Jack Little, a soldier from the 2nd Company, 4th Regiment of the Connecticut Line, in the Continental Army. The receipt is printed on yellowed paper with black ink. It has a printed border with the words “FOR THE PAYMENT OF” at the top and “THE CONNECTICUT LINE” at the bottom. At the center of the document is printed text with blank spaces. Additional handwritten words and numbers have been recorded in the document in order to complete it. The left side of the document has been trimmed and there is a circular hole in the center of the paper. On the back of the certificate additional payments are recorded with handwritten notes in black ink by at least two different people. Also written on the back is Jack Little’s mark.
    Topic
    African American
    Business
    Military
    United States--History--Colonial period
    United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2011.155.313
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
    Exhibition
    Double Victory: The African American Military Experience
    On View
    NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Midnight Shadow

    16mm motion picture film of Midnight Shadow
    Directed by
    Randol, George Elwood, American, 1895 - 1973
    Subject of
    Dandridge, Ruby, American, 1900 - 1987
    Produced by
    Randol, George Elwood, American, 1895 - 1973
    Medium
    16mm Film (a): acetate film;
    16mm Film (b): acetate film
    Dimensions
    Duration: 57 Minutes
    Length (Film Reel 1): 700 Feet
    Length (Film Reel 2): 1240 Feet
    Type
    motion pictures (information artifacts)
    Place depicted
    Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Place filmed
    Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1939
    Caption
    In a small, quiet Oklahoma community, Prince Alihabad courts young Margaret Wilson. After a mysterious man burglarizes the house and murders Margaret's father, detectives scramble to solve the crime.
    Description
    2015.167.14.1ab: 16mm black and white films.
    Mr. Wilson, a Texas landowner rich with oil, is murdered. Two young family friends set out to uncover the murderer. They journey to Shreveport where the crime is solved.
    Over her mother Emma's objections, Margaret Wilson, an impressionable small-town beauty, encourages the romantic interests of the refined Prince Alihabad and rejects her longtime admirer, the sincere but poor Buster Barnett. Unknown to Margaret, Alihabad is a charlatan from the vaudeville circuit, whose interest in the East Texas oil field that her father Dan has set aside for her wedding present appears to be more than passing. After Dan shows him where the oil land deed is kept, Alihabad asks Margaret to leave with him on an extended overseas trip. While Margaret debates and finally rejects Alihabad's dubious invitation, a man watches her house. Later the man breaks into the Wilsons' home and, after drugging Emma and Dan, steals the deed. Margaret discovers her father dead the next morning and telephones Ernest Lingley, whose bumbling son Jr. is an aspiring private detective. While Jr. and his equally ineffectual partner, Lightfoot, rush to the crime scene, homicide detective Sergeant Ramsey questions Buster, who casts suspicion on Alihabad. Ramsey, who has learned that Dan had contacted an oil developer in Shreveport, Louisiana, about his land, orders his men to locate Alihabad, Jr. and Lightfoot take off for Shreveport. There they inform John Mason, the oil company agent, to expect a man to approach him with the Wilson deed. Mason notifies the local police, while Jr. and Lightfoot cover the train depot. Later that night, the killer shows up at Mason's office, presents the stolen deed, then demands cash for it at knifepoint. At the same time, Jr. and Lightfoot, having spent the day in fruitless pursuit, return to Mason's office just in time to alert the police and apprehend the killer. The mystery of Dan's death solved, Ramsey then corners Alihabad, who reveals his fakery and loses Margaret to the deserving, faithful Buster.
    Sources:
    AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Accessed August 11, 2016 (http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2243)
    WorldCat. Accessed August 11, 2016 (https://www.worldcat.org/title/midnight-shadow/oclc/15160578&referer=brief_results)
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    Business
    Race films
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
    Object number
    2015.167.14.1ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public Domain
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    Collection title
    Nieman Film Collection
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    Media Arts-Film and Video
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Miracle in Harlem

    16mm motion picture film of Miracle in Harlem
    Directed by
    Kemp, Jack
    Written by
    Valentini, Vincent Andrew, American, 1895 - 1948
    Medium
    16mm Film (a): acetate film;
    16mm Film (b): acetate film
    Dimensions
    Duration: 69 Minutes
    Length (Film Reel 1): 1350 Feet
    Length (Film Reel 2): 1200 Feet
    Type
    motion pictures (information artifacts)
    Place depicted
    Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1948
    Caption
    When a real estate tycoon is found dead, his latest real estate casualty is suspected of the crime.
    Description
    2015.167.15.1ab: 16mm black and white films.
    A sweet elderly woman who runs a candy manufacturing business out of her home, with the help of her niece and a young divinity student, is swindled out of her business by a shady businessman.
    Aunt Hattie, a deeply religious, elderly black woman who operates a candy factory from her kitchen in Harlem, eagerly awaits the arrival of Bert Hallam, her adopted son, who is returning from the Army to study for the ministry. Bert is in love with Julie Weston, Hattie's niece, who will soon be taking over control of the candy factory. At the same time, Lt. Renard of the police homicide bureau begins a search for Phillip Manley, a confidence artist who is wanted for murder and is known to have been involved in a Chicago check swindling operation with Jim Marshall, the ne'er-do-well son of candy manufacturer Albert Marshall. During a police interview, Albert informs detectives that he sent his son to Chicago to study chemistry, and that his son was not interested in the candy business. Back at Hattie's home, the old woman tells Bert and Julie that she has had a premonition of her impending death and begins rehearsing for her funeral. When Jim makes an unexpected visit to his father's office, Albert cuts off his money supply and tells him that his reckless living is the result of his mother's death. To spite his father, Jim vows to work for Albert's rival candy company and make them a better business competitor by modernizing their equipment. Albert likes the idea, though, and instead of opposing his son, decides to use his idea to swindle Hattie out of her business. Acting anonymously through an employee named Wilkinson, Albert convinces Hattie to sign her company over to him by pledging to upgrade and expand her factory. Julie and Hattie fall for Albert's trick, but when Jim accuses his father of stealing his idea, Albert puts him in charge of Hattie's factory. Jim and Julie soon fall in love, and one day, Bert catches Jim making a pass at her. A short time later, however, Jim rejects Julie's romantic overtures and tells her that Albert is actually the owner of Hattie's factory. Bert punches Jim when he catches him trying to coerce Julie into yielding to his affections. When Albert double-crosses Wilkinson, Wilkinson sends him a box of poisoned chocolates. Albert eats the chocolate and dies, after which Julie is arrested on suspicion of murder. Julie proclaims her innocence and tells police that Alice, Albert's secretary, and Jim had better motives to kill Albert. Julie is released by the police, but when she returns home, Jim tries to kill her. During the struggle, a mysterious man enters the darkened room and kills Jim. Julie is arrested again and placed in a police line-up. A break in the case finally comes when Bert recalls Jim's association with Manley. A trap is then set for Manley, and he is arrested following a full confession of his crimes, which includes the killing of Jim. After Alice confesses that she murdered Albert, she attempts suicide but is stopped and later is sent to die in the electric chair. With the racketeering operation exposed, Julie and Bert resume their romance, and Hattie decides to give up her obsession with her impending death.
    Sources:
    AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Accessed on August 11, 2016 (http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=25642)
    WorldCat. Accessed on August 11, 2016 (https://www.worldcat.org/title/miracle-in-harlem/oclc/15160493&referer=brief_results)
    Consists of: 16mm Flim (a).
    Topic
    African American
    Business
    Families
    Race films
    Urban life
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
    Object number
    2015.167.15.1ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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    Collection title
    Nieman Film Collection
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Sepia Cinderella

    16mm motion picture film of Sepia Cinderella
    Directed by
    Leonard, Arthur H., 1904 - 1956
    Written by
    Valentini, Vincent Andrew, American, 1895 - 1948
    Medium
    16mm Film (a): acetate film;
    16mm Film (b): acetate film
    Dimensions
    Duration: 70 Minutes
    Length (Film Reel 1): 1130 Feet
    Length (Film Reel 2): 1250 Feet
    Type
    motion pictures (information artifacts)
    Place filmed
    New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1947
    Caption
    A struggling songwriter finds a muse in his girlfriend, who inspires him write his next hit. After finding success, he falls under the sway of a beautiful club owner.
    Description
    2015.167.17.1ab: 16mm black and white films.
    Barbara, the adopted daughter of Bob's landlady, Mama Keyes, encourages him to put love into his words. Bob confesses that he has never been in love, and Barbara, who has fallen for him, helps him complete the song. Barbara, whose deceased parents were "troopers," wants to go into show business, feeling it is in her blood. Mama Keyes, however, disapproves of Barbara's ambitions and looks down on the activities of another tenant, the Great Joseph, a soothsayer who attempts to read the future in his crystal ball. After Bob's song becomes a hit, he is introduced at a society party to Vivian Marston, the largest stockholder at the swank Swan Club, the city's top nightclub. Although she is engaged to Ralph Williams, a down-to-earth man who hopes to end her capricious ways, Vivian flirts with Bob and offers him a booking at the club, even though Bob does not want to shove the current band leader, Barney Ray, out. When Bob comes home late after the party, he tells a suspicious Barbara about the job at the Swan Club and offers her a share of his royalty check, saying it takes a woman to write "heart interest stuff." Vivian arranges with the manager of the club, MacMillan, for Barney to change the club's name to the "Cinderella Club" in honor of Bob's song. At Bob's debut, which is attended by Barbara, Mama Keyes and the Great Joseph, Bob is a hit, but complains about muffing the last line of "Cinderella." Barbara suggests he hold a "Cinderella slipper" during the song with the lyrics written inside, but is unable to give him hers, as she has dancing plates on them. Later, Barney complains to Lester, the press agent, that Vivian, who now flirts with Bob, had him removed because he refused to play up to her. Soon news of Vivian and Bob's romance appears in the gossip columns. Bob rarely comes home to the boardinghouse, and Barbara, stoically accepting her apparent defeat, gets a job singing at the Hang Out Club. Ralph is angered by Vivian's claim that the gossip about her and Bob is false and insists that they are indeed lovers. After Vivian slaps him, he threatens to inform the newspapers that he is finished with her, but she begs him not to break their engagement. Later, when Bob, who never knew about the engagement, arrives at the club, Vivian tells him that he is just a friend to her. Knowing that Vivian will now offer no resistance, Mac, who is angered at the fact that Bob never shows up for rehearsals, fires him. Meanwhile, at the Hang Out Club, Barney, who is impressed with Barbara's singing, asks her to join his band, but when he insults Bob, she slaps him. Sometime later, Bob visits the Hang Out Club and apologizes to Barney, saying that the job of replacing him was too big. Lester finds them together and says that Mac has been looking for both of them because business has fallen off since Bob left the club. Lester then comes up with the idea to have Bob be the vocalist for Barney's band. Lester presents the idea to Mac, then suggests they have a contest in which all the women will bring a slipper, and Bob will pick one. The owner will receive a cash prize plus a week's engagement at the club if she is a singer. When Bob returns to the club, Vivian explains that she had to agree to let him go because her reputation was at stake. She tries to rekindle their romance, but Bob walks away from her. On the night of the contest, Bob, remembering Barbara's early words, picks a slipper with a tap dancing plate attached. She kisses him and they both sing "Cinderella." After she announces that she is not going to let him get away this time, Lester arranges for them to marry in the club. As Bob and Barbara marry, Vivian sits with Ralph.
    Source: AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Accessed on August 11, 2016 (http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=25343)
    Topic
    African American
    Business
    Musicians
    Race films
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
    Object number
    2015.167.17.1ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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    Collection title
    Nieman Film Collection
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Dark Manhattan

    Dark Manhattan

    16mm motion picture film of Dark Manhattan
    Directed by
    Fraser, Harry L., American, 1889 - 1974
    Subject of
    Cooper, Ralph, American, 1908 - 1992
    Brooks, Clarence, American, 1896 - 1969
    Stewart, Nicodemus, United States, 1910 - 2000
    Medium
    16mm Film (a): acetate film;
    16mm Film (b): acetate film;
    Film Shipping Container (c): cardboard
    Dimensions
    Duration: 77 Minutes
    Length (Film Reel 1): 1050 Feet
    Length (Film Reel 2): 1300 Feet
    Type
    motion pictures (information artifacts)
    Place depicted
    Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Place filmed
    Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1937
    Caption
    A small time hood becomes the protégé of the biggest mob boss in town. After taking over the criminal operation, trouble ensues as thugs and crooks all fight for control of the Harlem numbers racket.
    Description
    2015.167.5.1ab: 16mm black and white film.
    2015.167.5.1c: Original cardboard film shipping box. No legible inscriptions.
    In "Dark Manhattan", a lad who takes control of the policy racket in Harlem, meets a sweet and clean nightclub singer and falls in love with her. Before they can get married, a rival gang tries to muscle into the numbers racket and, at the end, the lad gets shot-gunned and dies in the arms of his girl.
    When Larry B. "L. B." Lee, the top numbers banker in Harlem, visits the poolroom of one of his accounts, Jack Jackson, he witnesses James A. "Curly" Thorpe break up a knife fight and, impressed with his performance, asks Curly to join his organization, which he emphasizes does not use underhanded methods. Curly quickly distinguishes himself as tough on district operators, whose business is declining, and grows ambitious in his desire to be the most talked about man in Harlem. He also wants to steal the affections of L. B.'s girl friend, Flo Gray, a radio singer who appears at the Club Congo. After L. B., who has been warned by his doctor to take a rest, has a heart attack while dining with Flo, Curly runs the operation while L. B. recuperates. Curly institutes gangster methods to force smaller operations to pay for protection, and doubles the bank's income, which causes ten days of gang warfare and police raids, culminating in a district attorney's effort to smash the numbers racket. Although Curly and Flo keep newspaper reports away from L. B., the heads of the other numbers banks reveal the situation to him, after which he promises to redistribute the money his bank made. Curly, however, refuses to part with the money made since he took over and prevails upon L. B. to take a trip for his health. After Curly tells the bankers' association that he wants twenty percent from every banker for protection, Butch Williams, a rival who operates at the Club Congo, offers protection for five percent. During a shoot out at the club, Curly is mortally wounded, and he dies in the arms of Flo, who has grown to love him.
    Sources:
    AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Accessed August 12, 2016 (http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2228)
    WorldCat. Accessed August 12, 2016 (http://www.worldcat.org/title/dark-manhattan/oclc/57689321&referer=brief_results)
    Consists of: 16mm Flim (a), 16mm Flim (b), and Original Film Shipping Box (c).
    Topic
    African American
    Actors
    Business
    Race films
    Urban life
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
    Object number
    2015.167.5.1abc
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public Domain
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    Collection title
    Nieman Film Collection
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Gang War

    16mm motion picture film of Gang War
    Directed by
    Popkin, Leo C., Canadian, 1914 - 2011
    Subject of
    Cooper, Ralph, American, 1908 - 1992
    Produced by
    Popkin, Harry M., American, 1906 - 1991
    Medium
    16mm Film (a): acetate film;
    16mm Film (b): acetate film
    Dimensions
    Duration: 60 Minutes
    Length (Film Reel 1): 1100 Feet
    Length (Film Reel 2): 1250 Feet
    Type
    motion pictures (information artifacts)
    Place depicted
    Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Place filmed
    United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1940
    Caption
    Two Harlem gangs fight for control of the jukebox racket.
    Description
    2015.167.8.1ab: 16mm black and white films.
    A fight in a diner over the claims of conflicting gangster factions reveals Bob "Killer" Meade as a rising lawbreaker in Harlem. A member of Bull Brown's gang, Bob soon takes over and orders Bull to be "given some air." Bob is indicted for his crimes, but witnesses are afraid to talk and he is found not guilty. At the courthouse, he meets Mazie "Sugar" Walford, who believes him innocent. Although Mazie is engaged to George Stevens, a member of a prominent local family, Bob falls in love and begins to court her, promising to lay Harlem at her feet. Bob decides to cut in on the juke box action of rival Harlem boss, Lew Baron, who sends several killers for him. However, Bob outsmarts them and demands half of Lew's take. In the ensuing gangland war, Bob and his men defeat Lew, taking over his machines. Lieutenant Holmes, a policeman who knew Bob as a boy, warns him about where his methods will lead. Lew calls to make a deal with Bob and learns that Bob and his men are celebrating the opening of Mazie's new show at a nightclub. During an African number, Lew's gang enters the club, and Bob and his company leave, prompting an automobile chase. Later, Bill, Lew's henchmen, goes to Mazie and forces her to sing her new song, "Remember the Moon," to Bob over the telephone. After the connection is broken, Bob finds the body of his old friend, Slicum, at his door with a note from Lew. With his other henchmen, Phil and Danny, Bob goes after Lew, catching and shooting him and his men as they are about to leave town. Mazie, who has warned Bob, tells Holmes of his actions, and the police surround Lew's hideout. Bob escapes to Mazie's but realizes it is too late to hide when Holmes comes to the door. Nonetheless, Bob makes a mad dash over the rooftops as the police pursue and finally shoot him, his corpse falling at the feet of Mazie and Holmes.
    Sources:
    AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Accessed on August 10, 2016 (http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2261)
    WorldCat. Accessed August 10, 2016 (https://www.worldcat.org/title/gang-war/oclc/422910267&referer=brief_results)
    Topic
    African American
    Actors
    Business
    Nightlife
    Race films
    Urban life
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
    Object number
    2015.167.8.1ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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    Collection title
    Nieman Film Collection
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Harlem Rides the Range

    16mm motion picture film of Harlem Rides the Range
    Directed by
    Kahn, Richard C., American, 1897 - 1960
    Written by
    Williams, Spencer, American, 1893-1969
    Subject of
    Jeffries, Herb, American, 1913 - 2014
    Medium
    16mm Film (a): acetate film;
    16mm Film (b): acetate film
    Dimensions
    Duration: 58 Minutes
    Length (Film Reel 1): 1100 Feet
    Length (Film Reel 2): 1100 Feet
    Type
    motion pictures (information artifacts)
    Place depicted
    Arizona, United States, North and Central America
    Place filmed
    Sindewinder Valley, Apple Valley, San Bernadino County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1939
    Caption
    In this American black cowboy film, a cowboy and his sidekick try to help his girlfriend's father from being cheated out of his property.
    Description
    2015.167.9.1ab: 16mm black and white films.
    A cowboy and his sidekick that try to help a homesteader from being cheated out of his property.
    Bradley and his henchman, Jim Connors, visit rancher Dennison to remind him that his mortgage is due and announces that they will either take a fifty-percent share of his mine or foreclose on him. When Bradley and Connors inform Dennison that they have stolen his radium samples, a struggle ensues and Dennison is apparently killed by Connors. Connors and Bradley quickly hide the body and flee. Later, two riders from Amarillo, Texas, Bob Blake and his lazy partner Dusty, enter the Dennison ranch hoping to find employment or dinner and discover blood on a table. After discouraging Dusty from stealing a tin of food, Bob sights a picture of a lovely girl and takes it. During target practice on the nearby Watson ranch, Mr. Watson agrees to hire Bob and Dusty for thirty dollars a month plus food. At Watson's ranch, Dusty recognizes Connors' horse as the one he saw fleeing the Dennison ranch and learns that Connors is the ranch foreman. Meanwhile, Cactus, a ranch hand, tells Watson that his buddy Tex has disappeared and leaves to look for him. Noticing Connors leaving late at night, Bob follows him into a trap, but bests him in a fistfight. The next morning, Watson fires Connors and makes Bob the new foreman. After Watson and Bob encounter Cactus burying Tex, they fetch the sheriff to pay a visit to the Dennison ranch. There they find a can of spilled tomato juice and believe that Bob and Dusty mistook for it blood. When Connors demands one hundred dollars from Bradley to keep quiet, Bradley kills him and throws suspicion on Bob. The sheriff arrests Bob, and Dusty insists on accompanying him to jail. When the sheriff tells Bradley that Watson has received a letter from Dennison's daughter Margaret saying that she will be arriving with $6,000 to pay off her father's debts, Bradley decides that she too must be killed. After escaping through the use of a rope trick, Bob sets out to rescue Margaret. Meanwhile, Cactus finds the sheriff locked up and shows him a letter that explains Bradley's duplicity. Bob and Margaret ride from the deserted train station to make their stand against Bradley's men. During the subsequent gun battle, Bob runs out of ammunition, but the sheriff, Watson and others ride up in time to capture Bradley and his men. Cactus then shoots Bradley to avenge Tex. Returning to the ranch, Bob and Dusty find that Dennison has recovered and has been hiding in his mine, and that it was he who spilled the tomato juice on the table. When Bob tries to return Margaret's photograph, she shows her affection for him by giving it back to him.
    Source: AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Accessed on August 10, 2016 (http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2234)
    Topic
    African American
    American West
    Business
    Race films
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
    Object number
    2015.167.9.1ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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    Collection title
    Nieman Film Collection
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Plastic headcover with black plastic case from Mae's Millinery Shop

    Manufactured by
    Unidentified
    Owned by
    Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
    Subject of
    Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
    Medium
    a: plastic and metal;
    b: plastic and metal
    Dimensions
    H x W (a): 3 × 2 3/4 in. (7.6 × 7 cm)
    H x W x D (b): 2 1/16 × 2 1/8 × 3/4 in. (5.2 × 5.4 × 1.9 cm)
    Type
    headgear
    Place collected
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1941-1994
    Description
    Plastic head covering (a) folded and placed in to black plastic case (b) from Mae's Millinery Shop. The head covering a handle on it so it can be pulled from the case. The black case has a floral design on the front of the flap in pink, blue, and silver. The case closes with one (1) metal snap.
    Topic
    African American
    Business
    Clothing and dress
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
    Object number
    2016.48.109ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
    Classification
    Clothing-Historical
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Gold turban style hat with large bird pin from Mae's Millinery Shop

    Designed by
    Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
    Subject of
    Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
    Medium
    hat: synthetic fiber and lace;
    pin: metal and rhinestones
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 7 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (18.4 x 21.6 x 19.7 cm)
    Type
    hats
    Place collected
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1941-1994
    Description
    A gold turban style hat (a) with a gold bird pin (b) designed by Mae Reeves. The hat is round with no brim and angles slightly upward at the center front. It is made from gold metallic fabric that is gathered and draped to resemble a turban. The interior is lined in gold net lace. A white fabric label with black printed text is adhered at the interior center back that reads "Mae Reeves / OF / PHILADELPHIA".
    The pin (b) is attached to the center front of the hat. It is a gold metal peacock with silver and green rhinestone decorations.
    Topic
    African American
    Business
    Clothing and dress
    Fashion
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
    Object number
    2016.48.20ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    No known copyright restrictions
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    Collection title
    Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
    Classification
    Clothing-Fashion
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture