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Photograph of a Guilford County school bus and school children
- Photograph by
- Siddell Studio, American, founded 1916
- Subject of
- Guilford County Schools, American, founded 1875
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- ca. 1916
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 3 1/2 × 5 3/4 in. (8.9 × 14.6 cm)
- H x W (Image): 5 5/16 × 3 1/16 in. (13.5 × 7.8 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of a covered school bus with spoked wheels with [No. 2 / Guilford County Schools], stenciled on the side of the bus. A young girl wearing a white dress is climbing into the back of the bus and other children can be seen through the bus windows. There are two black ink marks on the verso. A stamp in black ink on the back, center, identifies the photographer. A handwritten note on the back in blue ink identifies the subject. A number has been handwritten on the back in black ink.
- Place depicted
- Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
- Object number
- 2014.94.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Untitled (Hauling Cotton to the Gin)
- Created by
- Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- ca. 1970
- Medium
- oil paint on plywood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (painting): 15 1/8 × 33 3/4 × 3/8 in. (38.4 × 85.7 × 1 cm)
- H x W (framed): 21 1/8 × 41 1/4 in. (53.7 × 104.8 cm)
- Description
- This oil painting depicts a loaded wagon being driven toward a red building with a smoking chimney. The mule drawn wagon is piled with a white lumpy material. It is being driven by a man in a large white colored hat and an orange shirt. A man in a red shirt and white hat stands just outside the red building, working with a large pile of the lumpy white material that tumbles down a ramp from the building. Two other figures, in blue and orange shirts work with rectangular brown bundles. The sky is indicated by blue, white, and grey streaks overhead. The artist has signed her initials [CH] in the lower right corner, with the "C" written backwards.
- Place made
- Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Art
- Folklife
- Labor
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
- Object number
- 2017.68.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Cane River Art Corporation
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Portrait of Otho Barnes
- Photograph by
- Olson, Martha, American
- Subject of
- Barnes, Otho, American, 1876 - 1975
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 5 11/16 × 7 3/4 in. (14.4 × 19.7 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 15 9/16 × 13 1/4 in. (39.5 × 33.7 cm)
- H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
- H x W (Paper Frame Open): 17 × 28 in. (43.2 × 71.1 cm)
- Caption
- Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Otho Barnes. Barnes is featured in profile, sitting in a rocking chair towards the left of the photograph. A bank of windows is in the background of the photograph. The photograph is mounted to a paper that is mounted to a paper frame. [Mr. Otho Barnes / 1970 / Martha Olson] is handwritten in pencil on the interior frame below the photograph. An [A] is handwritten on the interior of the frame. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
- Place depicted
- Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson
- Object number
- 2018.21.60
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Martha Olson
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Portrait Josephine Irvin, Betty Taylor, Annie Taylor, Deloris Johnson
- Photograph by
- Olson, Martha, American
- Subject of
- Irvin, Josephine, American
- Johnson, Deloris, American
- Taylor, Annie Lee, American
- Taylor, Betty, American
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)
- Caption
- Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
- Description
- A black and white photograph of (from left to right) Josephine Irvin, Betty Taylor, Annie Lee Taylor, and Deloris Johnson. The group is standing outdoors. An assortment of animals are around them, including pigs, chickens, and a dog. A wooden cart and a car are visible in the background. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
- Place depicted
- Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- Children
- Communities
- Families
- Photography
- Rural life
- Youth
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson
- Object number
- 2018.21.82
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Martha Olson
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Portrait of Josephine Irvin and Deloris Johnson
- Photograph by
- Olson, Martha, American
- Subject of
- Irvin, Josephine, American
- Johnson, Deloris, American
- Date
- 1970-1971
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 7 5/8 in. (25.2 × 19.4 cm)
- Caption
- Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Josephine Irvin and Deloris Johnson. The two are standing outside, amidst a group of animals including pigs, chickens, a turkey, and a dog. The girls are dressed in dresses and stand in front of a wooden wagon. A car is visible in the background. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
- Place depicted
- Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson
- Object number
- 2018.21.89
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Martha Olson
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Negroes fishing in creek near cotton plantations outside Belzoni Miss. Delta, October 1939
- Photograph by
- Wolcott, Marion Post, American, 1910 - 1990
- Commissioned by
- Farm Security Administration, American, 1937 - 1946
- Printed by
- LIGHT Gallery, American, 1971 - 1987
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Signed by
- Schad, Tennyson, American, 1930 - 2001
- Date
- 1939; printed 1968
- Medium
- dye on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 6 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (17.5 × 24.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 9 13/16 × 12 11/16 in. (25 × 32.3 cm)
- Description
- A dye transfer color photograph of rural life outside of Belzoni, Mississippi by Marion Post Wolcott. At a daytime muddy creek near a cotton plantation, a man and three women fish. They are surrounded by dry foliage and dull green mature trees. Seated along the edges of the creek, the man, crouched, wears a sand-colored hat; bright shirt; dark trousers, and holds a long fishing rod in his proper right hand. Seated to his proper left, arms crossed, is a woman wearing a light-colored long sleeve dress and light-colored wide-brim bucket hat. To her proper left sits another woman, her legs sprawled towards the water. She wears a light-colored wide-brim hat and blouse, and holds a fishing rod. Nearer to the unseen photographer among the dry foliage, at the bottom right of the camera’s frame, stands a woman wearing a long pink dress over a short sleeve shirt and wide-brim hat. She holds a fishing rod in her proper right hand. The back of the photograph, from the top left corner to bottom right, features provenance marks and inscriptions: [RWFA 1868 / PF113003-111 / ARTIST: MARION POST WOLCOTT / TITLE: NEGROES FISHING IN CREEK NEAR COTTON PLANTATIONS OUTSIDE BELZONI MISS. DELTA / TRANSPARENCY DATE: OCT. 1939 / PRINTING DATE: 12/86 / LIGHT GALLERY REG. NO.: 107.8]. Beneath the authentication disclaimer is the signature [Tennyson Schad].
- Place captured
- Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- dye transfer prints
- Topic
- American South
- Foodways
- Photography
- Recreation
- Rural life
- U.S. History, 1933-1945
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard Greenberg
- Object number
- 2019.105.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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...in the fields
- Created by
- Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican, 1915 - 2012
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1946-1947; printed 1989
- Medium
- ink and graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image with title): 9 3/4 × 6 1/16 in. (24.8 × 15.4 cm)
- H x W (image ): 8 15/16 × 6 1/16 in. (22.7 × 15.4 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 15 1/8 × 11 1/4 in. (38.4 × 28.6 cm)
- Description
- This black and white linocut depicts a woman hoeing a field. Wearing a dress with its sleeves rolled up, she holds a hoe in both hands. She is barefoot and wears a brimmed hat. She stands in a field between rows of crops with a farmhouse in the background. There is a handwritten title below the image in pencil. It is signed by the artist on the bottom right. The back is blank.
- Place made
- Mexico City, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- The Black Woman (formerly the Negro Woman)
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- linocuts
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Art
- Identity
- Labor
- Resistance
- Rural life
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Winifred Hervey
- Object number
- 2017.21.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 2020 Catlett Mora Family Trust/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Permission required for use.
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Untitled (African House)
- Created by
- Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
- Date
- ca. 1965
- Medium
- oil paint on plywood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (painting): 6 × 8 1/16 × 3/8 in. (15.2 × 20.5 × 1 cm)
- H x W (framed): 12 × 15 9/16 in. (30.5 × 39.5 cm)
- Description
- This painting depicts a small house. The house is white with a black roof, black shutters, and black timber beams. There are two central blue doors. The house sits on a patch of bare ground, surrounded by thick bushes. The artist has signed her initials in the lower right margin, with the "C" written backwards.
- Place made
- Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
- Object number
- 2017.68.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Cane River Art Corporation
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Portrait of Chrystelle Magee Goff and Emma (Minnie) Magee
- Photograph by
- Olson, Martha, American
- Subject of
- Goff, Chrystelle Magee, American
- Magee, Emma Minnie, American
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 7 11/16 × 5 3/8 in. (19.5 × 13.7 cm)
- H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
- H x W (Paper Frame Open): 17 × 28 in. (43.2 × 71.1 cm)
- Caption
- Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Chrystelle Magee Goff and her grandmother Emma (Minnie) Magee on a porch. Goff stands behind Magee, who is sitting in a wooden chair. Goff is looking at the camera and has her proper left hand on the back of Magee's chair. Magee is looking down at fabric that she is holding in her hands. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. Below the photograph handwritten text in ink reads: [Christelle (sic) & Ms. Emma Magee 1970 Martha Olson]. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
- Place depicted
- Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- Communities
- Domestic life
- Families
- Photography
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson
- Object number
- 2018.21.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Martha Olson
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Portrait of Annie Beatrice and Collie Ford
- Photograph by
- Olson, Martha, American
- Subject of
- Ford, Annie Beatrice, American
- Ford, Collie, American
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 11/16 × 7 1/2 in. (24.6 × 19.1 cm)
- H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
- H x W (Paper Frame Open): 17 × 28 in. (43.2 × 71.1 cm)
- Caption
- Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Annie Beatrice and Collie Ford. The two are at the center of the photograph, standing in the middle of a field. Annie Beatrice stands wearing a long coat and dress over pants. Collie stands to the left of the photograph wearing overalls and has his proper left arm around Annie. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. [Annie Beatrice and Collie Ford / 1970 / Martha Olson] is handwritten in pencil on the interior frame below the photograph. A [II] is handwritten on the interior of the frame. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
- Place depicted
- Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- Communities
- Families
- Photography
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson
- Object number
- 2018.21.54
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Martha Olson
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Portrait of Brady Patton
- Photograph by
- Olson, Martha, American
- Subject of
- Patton, Brady, American
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)
- Caption
- Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
- Description
- A black and white print of Brady Patton holding a chicken. Patton stands looking down at the chicken, which he is holding in his proper right hand. A chicken wire fence is visible in the background. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
- Place depicted
- Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson
- Object number
- 2018.21.83
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Martha Olson
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Portrait of Ida Mae Nelson and her mom Irean Johnson
- Photograph by
- Olson, Martha, American
- Subject of
- Nelson, Ida Mae, American
- Johnson, Irean, American
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)
- Caption
- Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Ida Mae Nelson (left) and her mom Irean Johnson (right). Both women are standing outside of a house and facing the camera. Nelson wears a top with a sweater over her shoulders and striped bell-bottom pants. She is holding a chain in her hands. Johnson wears a button-up shirt over a tunic and bell-bottom jeans. A car is visible in the background. A house is partially visible on the right side of the image. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
- Place depicted
- Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- Communities
- Domestic life
- Families
- Motherhood
- Photography
- Rural life
- Youth
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson
- Object number
- 2018.21.93
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Martha Olson
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Untitled (Round Bird on Wood)
- Created by
- Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
- Date
- ca. 1965
- Medium
- oil paint on plywood
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (14 × 14 cm)
- Description
- This oil painting depicts a red bird in the center of a grey-blue field on a round piece of wood. Directly above the red bird is a smaller yellow bird. Both birds' wings are raised in flight. Below the red bird are the artist's initials in black paint. The 'C' in 'CH' is written backward.
- Place made
- Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
- Object number
- 2017.68.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Cane River Art Corporation
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Untitled (Church Ladies)
- Created by
- Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- ca. 1965
- Medium
- oil paint on paperboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (painting): 5 7/8 × 7 3/8 × 1/4 in. (14.9 × 18.7 × 0.6 cm)
- H x W (framed): 11 7/8 × 14 7/8 in. (30.2 × 37.8 cm)
- Description
- This painting depicts five women walking in a line down a path away from a church. The two women in front wear yellow dresses, the third wears a red dress, the fourth wears a purple dress, and the last wears a light green dress. They proceed down a hill from a white church with a black roof, passing a large tree next to the path. The artist has signed her initials [CH] in the center right margin with the "C" written backwards.
- Place made
- Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
- Object number
- 2017.68.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Cane River Art Corporation
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Portrait of Willie Sartin with a dog
- Photograph by
- Olson, Martha, American
- Subject of
- Sartin, Willie, American
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
- Caption
- Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Willie Sartin. Sartin is featured standing behind a dog and smiling. A house is partially visible behind them. An unidentified person is partially visible on the right side of the image. On the back of the photograph is a handwritten inscription reading [identified as Willie Sartin / 9brother of Norma Pearl Sartin) / 1970].
- Place depicted
- Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson
- Object number
- 2018.21.100
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Martha Olson
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Junction 88
- Directed by
- Quigley, George P., American
- Subject of
- Howard, Bob, American, 1906 - 1986
- Markham, Dewey, American, 1904 - 1981
- Mitchell, Abbie, American, 1884 - 1960
- Sissle, Noble, American, 1889 - 1975
- Clark, Wyatt
- Cooke, Marie, American, 1921 - 2011
- Smith, Augustus Julius, American, 1891 - 1964
- Mitchell, Abbie, American, 1884 - 1960
- McGinty, Artie Belle, American, 1892 - 1963
- Wiltshire, George, American, 1901 - 1976
- Junior, Herbert
- Bozan, Alonzo, American, 1886 - 1959
- Simmons, Maude, American, 1893 - 1977
- Young, Al
- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration: 50 Minutes
- Length (Film Reel 1): 1000 Feet
- Length (Film Reel 2): 1000 Feet
- Description
- A 16mm release print of the feature film Junction 88. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical sound.
- It opens with two individuals sitting on steps in front of a house. The man, Pop (Augustus Smith), says, “Music is just like sugar, Mom, too much of it makes you sick,” to which the woman, Mom (Abbey Mitchell), responds, “Not me, Pop, I love it.” As they speak, music from a piano can be heard in the background. In the next scene, Buster Jenkins (Wyatt Clark), a young pianist, plays a tune for his lover Lolly Simpson (Marie Cooke). At the end of his performance, Buster tells her, “Please, Lolly, don’t tell anyone I wrote it.” Lolly responds with “If you say not to, I won’t; but I want to.” The two stand and embrace each other with a kiss. The rest of the film chronicles Buster’s struggles for success and his attempt to win Pop’s approval.
- Place filmed
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- motion pictures (information artifacts)
- sound films
- black-and-white films (visual works)
- release prints (motion pictures)
- feature films
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
- Object number
- 2015.167.11.2ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Untitled (Wash Day: Pot Scene or Clothes on the Line)
- Created by
- Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- ca. 1965
- Medium
- oil paint on paperboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (painting): 6 15/16 × 9 × 1/4 in. (17.6 × 22.9 × 0.6 cm)
- H x W (framed): 12 15/16 × 16 1/2 in. (32.9 × 41.9 cm)
- Description
- This painting depicts two women washing clothes. One woman, wearing a purple dress, red hat, and white apron, stands over a blue tub on a red table. She holds a white object against a slanting blue washboard in the tub. Behind her is a second woman standing over a large black cauldron. The cauldron is placed over a fire and has a white froth on its surface. The woman standing by the cauldron holds a long narrow implement in the froth. She wears a yellow dress and cap and a green apron. There is a clothesline overhead with sheets and items of clothing pinned on it. The artist has signed her initials [CH] in the lower right margin, with the "C" written backwards.
- Place made
- Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
- Object number
- 2017.68.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Cane River Art Corporation
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Negro Cabins on Kenilworth Plantation
- Photograph by
- McDonald, A. J., Canadian-American, 1840 - 1898
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Kenilworth Plantation, American, founded 1820
- Date
- 1870-1887
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 4 7/16 × 7 11/16 in. (11.3 × 19.5 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 5 5/16 × 8 9/16 in. (13.5 × 21.7 cm)
- Description
- A cabinet card with an albumen print of five (5) women and three (3) men standing next to a row of white-washed wooden buildings identified in the title as "Negro Cabins on Kenilworth Plantation." The cabins are arranged in a line, with the photographer positioned so that they recede into the distance from right to left in the frame. Treetops are visible behind the buildings. The people are mostly gathered in front of the foremost cabin, though two men stand between this cabin and the one next to it. The photographer's name is imprinted in the image in the lower right. The title is handwritten in black ink on the bottom of the mount. A gilt frame is printed onto the mount around the outer front sides. The photographer's name and address are stamped upside down on the reverse of the tan card mount.
- Place captured
- 2931 Bayou Road, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2016.166.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Portrait of Betty Taylor
- Photograph by
- Olson, Martha, American
- Subject of
- Taylor, Betty, American
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)
- Caption
- Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Betty Taylor. Taylor is featured at center, wearing a long-sleeve shirt with grid pattern, pants, and sneakers. Her body is facing the right of the image, but she has her head turned towards the camera. Chickens and pigs are visible walking on the grass around her. A wooden cart is visible in the background. The photograph is mounted to a thick cardstock. Below the image, on the bottom of the mount, an inscription reads: [Betty Taylor / Martha Olson]. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
- Place depicted
- Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson
- Object number
- 2018.21.101
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Martha Olson
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Portrait of Ida Mae Johnson Nelson with a dog
- Photograph by
- Olson, Martha, American
- Subject of
- Nelson, Ida Mae, American
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 3/4 × 7 13/16 in. (24.8 × 19.8 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 13 1/16 × 10 7/8 in. (33.2 × 27.6 cm)
- Caption
- Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Ida Mae Johnson Nelson. Nelson is featured from the chest up. She holds a dog in her arms and pets the dog's face with her left hand. The photograph is mounted to a thick cardstock. Below the image, on the bottom of the mount, an inscription reads: [Ida Mae Johnson / 1970 / Martha Olson]. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
- Place depicted
- Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson
- Object number
- 2018.21.104
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Martha Olson