Slide from the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Museum Object and Cultural History
Slide from the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Date: 1971. Created by: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
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Slide from the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Date: 1971. Created by: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.

Film clip from Feather on Jazz: Jazz in the Concert Hall: Date: ca. 1967. Created by: Leonard Feather, British American, 1914 - 1994. Subject of: Leonard Feather, British American, 1914 - 1994.

Shooting Prayer Sequence: Date: 2015. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American.
Film box from the studio of H.C. Anderson: Date: ca. 1965. Manufactured by: Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889. Owned by: Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998.

Photograph of Len Glascow running on a track: Date: 1968. Subject of: Rev. Lenton W. Glascow, American. Photograph by: Unidentified.

Shooting "Smiles" Sequence: Date: 2015. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American.

The Emperor Jones: Date: 1933. Directed by: Dudley Murphy, American, 1897 - 1968. Subject of: Paul Robeson, American, 1898 - 1976.
Fedora worn by Melvin Van Peebles: Date: Mid to late 20th century. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021.

Cab Calloway Home Movie #2: Date: early 1950s. Created by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994. Created by: Nuffie Calloway, American, 1915 - 2008.

Hat worn by Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in the film 12 Years a Slave: Date: 2013. Designed by: Patricia Norris, American, 1931 - 2015. Worn by: Chiwetel Ejiofor, British, born 1977.

J. Max Bond, Sr. Home Movie #3: Date: 1939-1941. Created by: J. Max Bond, Sr., American, 1902 - 1991. Type: home movies.
Patent model for printing films: date made: ca 1879. patent date: 1879-04-22. maker: Day, Jr., Benjamin Henry.

Roy Rogers and the Ghost of Mystery Rancho: Date made: 1950. author: Thomkins, Walter A.. illustrator: Bensen, Andrew.

I Love Lucy: Date made: 1951. referenced: Arnaz, Desi. referenced: Ball, Lucille.

Film clip of Cab Calloway perfoming on Kreisler Bandstand: Date: 1951. Directed by: Perry Lafferty, American, 1918 - 2005. Produced by: George Foley Jr., American.

Jimmy Mannas: Date: 1972; printed February 2018. Photograph by: Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944. Subject of: Jimmie Mannas, American, born 1941.

Alvin Ailey: Memories and Visions: Date: 1974. Directed by: Stan Lathan, American, born 1945. Subject of: Alvin Ailey, American, 1931 - 1989.

Souvenir Baseball Ball from the Movie The Natural: date made: 1984. referenced: Redford, Robert. maker: Louisville Slugger.

Script for The Wizard of Oz: Date made: 1938. author: Langley, Noel. maker: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation.

Slide from the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Date: 1971. Created by: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021. Subject of: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021.

Slide from the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Date: 1971. Created by: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.

Black History: Lost, Stolen, or Strayed (Part 2): Date: 1968. Written by: Andrew Rooney, American, 1919 - 2011. Written by: Perry Wolff, American, 1921 - 2019.

California Raisin: date made: 1986 - 1991. user: California Raisins Advisory Board. producer: Will Vinton Productions.

Slide from the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Date: 1971. Created by: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.

Claudine: Date: 1974. Produced by: Curtis Mayfield, American, 1942 - 1999. Written by: Curtis Mayfield, American, 1942 - 1999.

Shirt worn by Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in the film 12 Years a Slave: Date: 2013. Designed by: Patricia Norris, American, 1931 - 2015. Worn by: Chiwetel Ejiofor, British, born 1977.

Slide from the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Date: 1971. Created by: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.

Production drawing of Doc from Snow White: date made: 1937. Associated Name: Disney. Object Name: drawing, production.

Early Animation: Date: 2013. Photograph by: Unidentified. Created by: Nicholas Pilarski, American.

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket: Date: 1989. Directed by: Karen Thorsen, American. Subject of: James Baldwin, American, 1924 - 1987.

IBM 2280 Film Recorder Documentation (Three sets of sheets): date made: 1967. maker: IBM. maker: IBM.

Chicken Chronicles: release date: 1977. manufacturer: United Artists. Object Name: sound recording.

Digital film still of Kasumba, Bassett, and Wright on the set of Black Panther: Date: 2017. Photograph by: Matt Kennedy. Produced by: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., American, founded 1939.

Street Survival scrapbook: date made: 1980s. Object Name: scrapbook, skateboarding. Object Name: scrapbook.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Lunch Box: Date made: 1984. performer: Ford, Harrison. producer: Spielberg, Steven.

Photograph of a theater marquee promoting Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Date: ca. 1971. Subject of: Loews Cineplex Entertainment, American, 1904 - 2006. Photograph by: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021.

On the Road with Duke Ellington: Date: 1967. Directed by: Robert Drew, American, 1924 - 2014. Produced by: Anne Gilbert, American, 1941 - 2012.

Of Black America: The Black Soldier: Date: 1968. Published by: CBS Broadcasting, Inc., American, founded 1927. Produced by: Perry Wolff, American, 1921 - 2019.

Photograph of Len Glascow in a Buffalo Soldier uniform riding a horse: Date: 1994. Subject of: Rev. Lenton W. Glascow, American. Subject of: 10th Cavalry "Buffalo Soldiers" Inc., American, founded 1966.

Souvenir token from Rudolph Valentino film The Eagle: date made: 1925. Associated Name: Valentino, Rudolph. Object Name: token.