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Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Written by
- Hurston, Zora Neale, American, 1891 - 1960
- Published by
- J. B. Lippincott & Co., American, 1836 - 1978
- Date
- 1937
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper with cloth, cardboard, metallic paper and acetate film
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 8 1/4 × 5 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (21 × 14.3 × 3.8 cm)
- Description
- A signed, first edition hardcover book with dust jacket and a clear, protective plastic cover. The book takes place in early twentieth century Florida. The book recounts the life story of the protagonist, Janie Crawford, a young woman born during the Reconstructionist Era. The dust jacket is gold with central, black and white illustration featuring a male God-like figure in against a stormy sky. The figure is throwing down gold-colored lightening and thunderbolts to the flooded land below. In the lower left corner of the image is a small grouping of trees blowing in the storm. Along the bottom of the illustration, roofs of structures can be seen just above the water. The image is bordered in black. Above and below the illustration on the front cover is text in black. At the top [THEIR EYES/WERE WATCHING GOD/A NOVEL]. Along the bottom [ZORA N· HURSTON]. The black text along the top of the white, back cover of the dust jacket reads: [Some Reviews / OF ZORA NEALE HURSTON’S PREVIOUS BOOK / “Mules and Men”], followed by five book review blurbs. The book has an orange cloth binding. The exterior spine is embossed with black text across the top and bottom of the spine. The text at the top of the spine reads [Their eyes / were / watching / God] above a black circle with a black dot in the center and [Hurston]. The name of the publishers [Lippincott] is embossed in black lettering across the bottom of the spine. The title of the book has been embossed on the front of the book in black lettering [Their eyes were / watching God / Zora Neale Hurston] just below seven black circles with black dots in the circles centers. The inside front cover is inscribed with red ink by the author [To/Miss Ruby Mc Knight/Using stars like stair-/steps -/Zora Neale Hurston]. The book is twenty chapters and two hundred and eighty-six pages long.
- Place printed
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Eau Gallie, Brevard County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Eatonville, Orange County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Florida, United States, The Everglades, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- American South
- Caricature and cartoons
- Language
- Literature
- Rural life
- Segregation
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.315ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Go Pullman
- Created by
- Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1981
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 7/8 x 8 in. (22.5 x 20.3 cm)
- Description
- Color illustrated promotional booklet titled "Go Pullman" issued by The Pullman Company. Inside the booklet is a complete and detailed list of services and conveniences supplied by Pullman that offers travel at "fine hotel" standards. Also inside is a detailed list of accommodations that will best fit your travelling needs such as double bedrooms, bedroom suites, compartments, drawing rooms, duplex single-rooms, roomettes, sections, upper berth, lower berth, men's and women's dressing rooms and the slumbercoach.
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.46.75.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Agreement between The Pullman Company and Porters, Attendants, Maids and Bus Boys in the Service of the Pullman Company in the United States of American and Canada Represented by the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
- Created by
- Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1981
- Subject of
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, American, 1925 - 1978
- Date
- January 1, 1953
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 1/4 in. (14.6 x 8.9 x 0.6 cm)
- Description
- Small booklet with a brown paper cover outlining an agreement between the Pullman Company and those employees represented by the Brothernood of Sleeping Car Porters. This agreement was revised and made effective January 1, 1953. On the front cover written in pencil at the top is: "A.B. [Harris?]".
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Type
- booklets
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.46.75.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Instructions to Porters, Attendants, and Busboys
- Commissioned by
- Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1981
- Subject of
- Harris, A. B., American
- Date
- August 1, 1952
- On ViewConcourse 2, C 2053
- Medium
- leather, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 6 3/4 x 4 x 1/2 in. (17.1 x 10.2 x 1.3 cm)
- Description
- Black leather-bound instructions manual created by the Pullman Company for its Porters, Attendants and Busboys dated August 1, 1952. At the left corner in silver ink is a small box with the title inside. On the front free endpaper is a fill-in name plate that states in black ink: "A.B. Harris Porter St.Louis".
- Place used
- Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- manuals
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.46.75.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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The Negro a Beast, or, In the Image of God?
- Written by
- Prof. Carroll, Charles, American
- Published by
- American Book and Bible House, American
- Date
- 1900
- On ViewConcourse 2, C 2053
- Medium
- paper (fiber product) with cardboard and cloth
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 1/2 × 6 × 1 5/16 in. (21.6 × 15.2 × 3.3 cm)
- Description
- A hardcover paper book titled: [The Negro A Beast or In The Image of God]. The book's cover is red with black writing for the title and a caricatured depiction of an African American. The interior pages, 382 in total, consist of off-white paper and black type.
- Statement
- Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
- Place printed
- Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- books
- Topic
- Caricature and cartoons
- Race discrimination
- Segregation
- Stereotypes
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
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My reward has been bars between me and the rest of the land
- Created by
- Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican, 1915 - 2012
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1947; printed 1989
- Medium
- ink and graphite on paper
- Description
- Black and white linocut of a woman behind a barbed wire fence with a wooden post. The woman is in the center of the image with her head and shoulders visible. The title is handwritten in graphite below the image and the work is signed. The reverse is blank.
- Portfolio/Series
- The Black Woman (formerly the Negro Woman)
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- linocuts
- Topic
- Art
- Identity
- Resistance
- Segregation
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Winifred Hervey
- Object number
- 2017.21.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 2020 Catlett Mora Family Trust/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Permission required for use.
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I have special reservations
- Created by
- Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican, 1915 - 2012
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1946; printed 1989
- Medium
- ink and graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image with title): 6 3/4 × 6 3/8 in. (17.1 × 16.2 cm)
- H x W (image): 6 3/8 × 6 3/8 in. (16.2 × 16.2 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 12 5/16 × 10 1/8 in. (31.3 × 25.7 cm)
- Description
- Black and white linocut of passengers on a bus. The first bus seat in the foreground has a [COLORED ONLY] sign at the top. There are four unidentified women seated behind this sign. The central woman in front is wearing a textured jacket. The title is handwritten in graphite below the image and the work is signed. The reverse is blank.
- Portfolio/Series
- The Black Woman (formerly the Negro Woman)
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- linocuts
- Topic
- Art
- Identity
- Race discrimination
- Resistance
- Segregation
- Transportation
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Winifred Hervey
- Object number
- 2017.21.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 2020 Catlett Mora Family Trust/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Permission required for use.
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Indoor Portrait of a Couple Sitting, Eula Parham
- Photograph by
- Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998
- Date
- 1948 - 1970s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on acetate film
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5 x 4 in (12.7 x 10.2 cm)
- Description
- Indoor Portrait of a Couple Sitting, Eula Parham
- Place made
- Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- negatives
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2007.1.69.21.17.B
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Outdoor Photo of a Woman Standing Holding Books in her Arms, Rosie Lee Cory
- Created by
- Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998
- Date
- 1948 - 1970s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on acetate film
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5 x 4 in (12.7 x 10.2 cm)
- Description
- Outdoor Photo of a Woman Standing Holding Books in her Arms, Rosie Lee Cory
- Place made
- Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- negatives
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2007.1.69.21.56.D
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Studio Portrait of a Woman Sitting and a Child Sitting on a Sofa, Diptych
- Photograph by
- Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1948 - 1970s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on acetate film
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 x 5 in (10.2 x 12.7 cm)
- Description
- Studio Portrait of a Woman Sitting and a Child Sitting on a Sofa, Diptych
- Place made
- Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- negatives
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2007.1.69.5.21.D
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Studio Portrait of a Woman Sitting, Diptych
- Photograph by
- Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1948 - 1970s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on acetate film
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5 x 4 in (12.7 x 10.2 cm)
- Description
- Studio Portrait of a Woman Sitting, Diptych
- Place made
- Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- negatives
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2007.1.69.5.21.D.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Studio Portrait of a Child Sitting on a Sofa, Diptych
- Photograph by
- Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1948 - 1970s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on acetate film
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5 x 4 in (12.7 x 10.2 cm)
- Description
- Studio Portrait of a Child Sitting on a Sofa, Diptych
- Place made
- Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- negatives
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2007.1.69.5.21.D.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Indoor Portrait of a Child Leaning against a Radio, Ruby Washington
- Photograph by
- Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998
- Date
- 1948 - 1970s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on acetate film
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5 x 4 in (12.7 x 10.2 cm)
- Description
- Indoor Portrait of a Child Leaning against a Radio, Ruby Washington
- Place made
- Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- negatives
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2007.1.69.6.8.D
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Outdoor Group Shot of Fifteen Men Wearing Shirts that say Rabbit Foot Show
- Photograph by
- Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998
- Date
- 1948 - 1970s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on acetate film
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 x 5 in (10.2 x 12.7 cm)
- Description
- Outdoor Group Shot of Fifteen Men Sitting Wearing Shirts that say Rabbit Foot Show
- Place made
- Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- negatives
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2007.1.69.16.30.B
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Studio Portrait of a Woman Sitting
- Photograph by
- Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1948 - 1970s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on acetate film
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5 x 4 in (12.7 x 10.2 cm)
- Description
- Studio Portrait of a Woman Sitting
- Place made
- Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- negatives
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2007.1.69.1.3.A
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Program for Swing
- Distributed by
- Micheaux Film and Book Company, American, 1918 - 1940
- Produced by
- Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951
- Subject of
- Green, Cora, American, born 1895
- Alex Lovejoy, American, 1893 - 1946
- Diaz, Hazel, American, 1908 - 1997
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 13/16 × 10 in. (19.9 × 25.4 cm)
- Description
- A program for the movie Swing. The program is two pages front and back. On the front page red text reads "Oscar Micheaux Presents/ Swing! / with an all/ Colored/ Cast/ Starring/ Cora Green/ Hazel Diaz/ Carman Newsome/ Dot Van Engle/ Alec Lovejoy/Consuelo Harris/ Tyler Twins/ Trixie Smith." There is an image in a central oval of two women, one in a bikini, one in a light colored dress, and a man in a suit.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- programs
- Topic
- Actors
- Independent films
- Race films
- Segregation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.118.278
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Separate But Equal: Apartheid
- Created by
- Pindell, Howardena Doreen, American, born 1943
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- acrylic, pressure-sensitive tape, rhinestone, wood, metal, silicone, zircon, canvas
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (painting): 21 1/2 × 24 × 3 in. (54.6 × 61 × 7.6 cm)
- H x W x D (frame): 30 × 28 × 7 in. (76.2 × 71.1 × 17.8 cm)
- Description
- A mixed media artwork referencing apartheid in South Africa. The work features a black and white canvas studded with rhinestones; a white strip forms a horizontal plane atop a black field. The canvas has been ripped and then sewn together, leaving a diagonal gash along the right side of the work. Words have been superimposed on the black field using black vinyl tape: Apartheid, Camps, The Mines, Disappearances, Pass Book, Endless Labor, 0 Votes, Detention, Interrogation, SOWETO. Words have been added to the white part of the canvas using white vinyl tape: Indifference, Separate State, Cruel, Profit, The Bomb, Barbaric, Killers, Comfort, Parasitic, Apartheid. There is a wooden frame around the plaster with nails protruding out from it.
- Place depicted
- South Africa, Africa
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Movement
- Anti-apartheid movements
- Type
- multimedia works
- Topic
- Africa
- Art
- Politics (Practical)
- Segregation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.80
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1987 Howardena Pindell
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Untitled
- Created by
- Lee-Smith, Hughie, American, 1915 - 1999
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1959 - 1960
- Medium
- oil paint or oil-modified alkyd on canvas
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (framed): 31 1/8 × 39 7/8 × 2 in. (79.1 × 101.3 × 5.1 cm)
- H x W x D (unframed): 26 × 34 1/8 × 13/16 in. (66 × 86.6 × 2 cm)
- Description
- This painting depicts an anonymous African American man walking away from the viewer. Wearing a pink shirt and grey pants, he walks with head bowed, yet his shoulders straight. The landscape around him is barren and rocky, with a single upright pole standing in the foreground. There is a dead log on the ground to the right. Directly ahead of the man is a field of stones, beyond which is a bleak landscape of rocky bluffs under a grey sky. There are three trees in the distance.
- Place made
- New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- Topic
- Art
- Men
- Race discrimination
- Segregation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.45ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1959 by Hughie Lee-Smith/Licensed by Visual Artists & Galleries Association, Inc (VAGA), New York, NY. Permission required for use.
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The Nation's Prayer Call Vol. 2 No. 4
- Created by
- Zion Baptist Church, American, founded 1842
- Date
- 1956-1957
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 12 1/8 × 9 1/16 in. (30.8 × 23 cm)
- Description
- Newsletter of “The Nation’s Prayer Call” from the Zion Baptist Church. The newsletter has two pages total with black printed text on both sides. The paper is yellowed and creased. The header of the front cover begins with [THE NATION’S PRAYER CALL / PRAYER-FELLOWSHIP-SERVICE] with a quote from the biblical Book of Chronicles. The front page article is titled [Will Baptists Vote Against Integration?] A second article about the Baptist World Alliance with an image of Dr. Arnold T. Ohrn is on the right. Articles by Benjamin E. Mays and L. V. Booth and an invocation for a NAACP meeting are included in the newsletter. The reverse has additional prayers, articles, and an advertisement for careful driving by the National Prayer League.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place made
- Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Type
- newsletters
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Stokes/Washington Family
- Object number
- 2017.14.10a
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Flier for "Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom" meeting at Enon Baptist Church
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Enon Baptist Church, American, founded ca. 1889
- Rev. Kilgore, Thomas, American, 1913 - 1998
- Dr. Licorish, David Nathaniel, Barbadian American, 1904 - 1999
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 1/8 × 8 in. (33.3 × 20.3 cm)
- Description
- Flier for a meeting in Baltimore for the “Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom.” The yellowed flier has black printed text. The top of the flier reads [ON TO WASHINGTON - / JOIN THE / PRAYER PILGRIMAGE FOR FREEDOM / to WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 17th, 1957]. Larger text below a line break reads [MASS MEETING / Tuesday, May 14, - 8 p.m.]. The location for the meeting is listed as Enon Baptist Church where attendees will [Hear the National Director, Dr. Thomas Kilgore Jr. / of New York City and Dr. David Licorish.] There is contact information for Rev. Luke G. Reynolds and Rev. Theodore Jackson. There are four (4) churches listed at the bottom where busses will depart for Washington, D.C. The round trip fare is $1.25. Printer information for [Wells Printers, 601-03 Dolphin Street, VErnon [sic]] is in small text at the bottom. The back is blank.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place made
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Communication
- Freedom
- Religious groups
- Segregation
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Stokes/Washington Family
- Object number
- 2017.14.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain