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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

115th Anniversary of the First African Baptist Church and the 8th Anniversary of our Pastor Rev. Y. B. Williams and the Dedication of the Present Building of First African Baptist Church

1956

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Program for the anniversary of dedication of the First African Baptist Church in Richmond, Va. The tan cover has a thick decorative border surrounding the text. The title is printed in black ink over the front cover. The dates for the events, November…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.40.65
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Photographs and Still Images

178th St at Vyse Ave, S Bronx, Oct 1994

October 1994

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A color photograph of Vyse Avenue at 178th Street in the Bronx, New York. The photograph features a set of new row homes. The row homes are gray and have blue awnings over the front doors. Cars are parked in front of the row homes. The back of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.208.2.9
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Archival Collections

1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Oral History Collection

2004-2007

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The Guide to 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Oral History Collection documents the survivors of the 1921Tulsa Race Massacre as well as their journey to acknowledgment, justice, and restitution. This digital collection is an edited version of a larger collection…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.240
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Sports Uniforms

1968 Olympic warm-up suit jacket worn by Tommie Smith

1968

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A warm-up track suit jacket worn by Tommie Smith at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. The jacket is navy blue and has a stand-up, fold-over collar in a rib knit fabric. There is a zipper down the center front of the jacket that can go all the way up the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.231.2.1
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Sports Uniforms

1968 Olympic warm-up suit pants worn by Tommie Smith

1968

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USA track suit pants worn by Tommie Smith on the podium at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. The pants are navy blue and made from a synthetic knit fabric. Down the side of each leg is a 1/2” thick red stripe outlined in white. There is a 1 1/2" thick hem…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.231.2.2
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Photographs and Still Images

1st Street @ Main - Downtwon Tulsa, OK

1969

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A sepia toned digital image of a brick wall with words painted on it. The words say “…SHOP / HAIR CUT 25[illegible] / SHAVE 15 [illegible].” Written below the image is 1/2/5/69 1ST STREET @ MAIN – DOWNTOWN TULSA, OK.”

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.67.20
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

25th Annual African American Day Parade poster

1993

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Poster with green geometric lines across the top and bottom. Between the lines, taking up the majority of the front, is red and black text [25th ANNUAL/AFRICAN-AMERICAN/DAY PARADE/(Largest Black Parade In America)/Sunday, September 26, 1993/at 1:00 P.M. in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.154.1
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

26. - Type de Mulâtresse de la Martinique

ca. 1920

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A printed postcard of an unidentified woman from Martinique in a traditional Creole douillette ensemble consisting of a long dress cinched at the waist, with a dark foulard shawl wrapped around her shoulders and a madras headscarf. She has her hands folded…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.151.8
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Tools and Equipment

3-iron golf club used by Ethel Funches

late 20th century

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A PING 3-iron, used by Ethel Funches. The shaft is silver in color and is made out of metal. There is a black rubber grip at the top. The grip has short grey diagonal lines going in both directions all around it. In the center there is a line drawing of an…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.249.4.11
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gelatin silver prints

3 Locomotives under Water 1 1/2 Miles East of Greenville

1927

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A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo shows several trains stranded in floodwater, as well as a warped track rising out of the water.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.13.43
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

306 - MARTINIQUE - Yon ti ma coumè zébage

1920-1940

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A photographic postcard of an unidentified girl from Martinique in a white dress, dark boots, a madras headscarf, and a large pendant on a chain around her neck. She is a greens vendor and is holding a wicker basket filled with leaves over her left arm.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.151.7
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Photographs and Still Images

3200 North Harvard - Tulsa, Oklahoma

1968

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A sepia toned digital image of the White Swan Lounge in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The building is white with a boarded up window on the left side. A door is at the center of the image. Graffiti is spray painted on the wall on both sides of the door. Written below…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.67.15
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Tools and Equipment

35mm camera from the studio of H.C. Anderson

1990s

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A black plastic point-and-shoot camera. "EZ 35" printed on the upper right corner of the front and the bottom right corner of the top. "35mm Focus Free Color Corrected Lens" is written around the lens on the front.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.6
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

5005 Profound Meditation

1901

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This stereograph card depicts a little girl sitting on steps in front of an open door. The house and steps are made of wooden boards. The little girl wears a dark dress with a light print and sits with her head propped up on her left hand, facing to her…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.248.4.24
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Awards, Medals, and Insignia

54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment ladder badge worn by a unknown veteran

ca. 1864

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A 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment ladder badge worn by an unknown veteran who served in Company A. The four tier, silver metal badge features four, identically shaped, connected bars attached to a short, light blue, plain, silk ribbon. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.52.2
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

“55 M.V.I. A Volunteer for Freedom" medal owned by Marquis Peterson

1865-1896

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A medal owned by Marquis Peterson. The medal has an engraved suspension brooch and attached to a red ribbon. The front of the suspension brooch is engraved with “MARQUIS PETERSON.” The ribbon is attached to the medal with a circular metal suspender and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.78.6
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

552. Dunker Church, Antietam, September 17, 1862

1862

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This albumen print stereograph shows several deceased soldiers lying in a field in the foreground. The bodies are immediately in front of a cart with large wooden wheels and a trunk placed on the seat. In the left background is a white building, the Dunker…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.222.18
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Tools and Equipment

6-iron golf club used by Ethel Funches

late 20th century

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A PING 6-iron, used by Ethel Funches. The shaft is silver in color and is made out of metal. There is a black rubber grip at the top. The grip has short grey diagonal lines going in both directions all around it. In the center there is a line drawing of an…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.249.4.14
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Tools and Equipment

6-iron golf club used by Ethel Funches

late 20th century

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A 6-iron golf club, used by Ethel Funches. The shaft is silver in color and is made out of metal. There is a black rubber grip at the top. The grip has short green diagonal lines going in both directions all around it. In the center there is a line drawing…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.249.4.5
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gelatin silver prints

6th Walk Neighbors

1940s

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6th Walk Neighbors - Kingsboro Housing Project, Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York, 1940's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 17. A black-and-white photograph of a woman and two children walking up steps as another woman watches…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.74.20
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Tools and Equipment

7-iron golf club used by Ethel Funches

late 20th century

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A PING 7-iron, used by Ethel Funches. The shaft is silver in color and is made out of metal. There is a black rubber grip at the top. The grip has short grey diagonal lines going in both directions all around it. In the center there is a line drawing of an…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.249.4.13
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Tools and Equipment

7-iron golf club used by Ethel Funches

late 20th century

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A 7-iron golf club used by Ethel Funches. The shaft is silver in color and is made out of metal. There is a red rubber grip at the top. The grip has short horizontal indented lines going around the grip in several columns. There is a thick strip of black…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.249.4.6
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

7652. My Old Woman and I.

1892

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This stereograph card depicts an elderly couple standing on a narrow wood plank bridge. The man, wearing a light shirt, dark pants and a dark vest gazes at the viewer, while the woman, wearing a long checked dress, gazes to the viewer's right. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.248.4.32
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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

76ers uniform worn by Allen Iverson

1997-1998

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A basketball uniform, jersey and shorts, worn by Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1997-1998 season. The jersey is black with red and gold details around the arm holes and neckline, which is a v-neck. There is a white, black, and gold star at…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.66.5.1-.2
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