Barbie Doll: Museum Object and Cultural History
Barbie Doll: date made: 1958. copyright holder: Mattel, Inc.. maker: Mattel, Inc..
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Barbie Doll: date made: 1958. copyright holder: Mattel, Inc.. maker: Mattel, Inc..

Poster of Elle Decor March 2021 cover designed by Rachelle Baker: Date: March 2021. Created by: ELLE DECOR, American, founded 1989. Illustrated by: Rachelle A. Baker, American.
Photographic postcard of three unidentified women: Date: 1904-1918. Photograph by: Unidentified. Printed by: Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889.
Woman in national dress. St. Lucia. W. I.: Date: ca. 1905. Created by: Minivielle & Chastanet, Saint Lucian, founded 1864. Photograph by: Unidentified.
Flier with segregationist voting guide: Date: 1959. Created by: Mothers' League of Central High School, 1957 - 1959. Subject of: Ted Lamb, 1927 - 1984.
Pinback button that reads "Be Black Baby": Date: late 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
Set of bingo cards from the Rock Rest Tourist Home: Date: mid 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Clayton Sinclair, American.

Poster for School of Visual Arts Continuing Education designed by Gail Anderson: Date: 2018. Designed by: Gail Anderson, American, born 1962. Subject of: School of Visual Arts, American, founded 1947.

Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner: Date: 1967. Created by: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919. Subject of: Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022.

The Negro Worker Vol. 2 No. 6: Date: 1932. Published by: The Negro Worker, 1928 - 1937. Edited by: George Padmore, Trinidadian, 1903 - 1959.

Black Panther #1: date made: 2016. maker: Marvel Comics. Object Name: comic book.

The Warlord No. 10: date made: 1976. date made: 1978. date made: 1977.

The Warlord No. 22: date made: 1976. date made: 1978. date made: 1977.

The Micronauts #1: date made: 1978. maker: Marvel Comics. Object Name: comic book.

Red Sonja No. 1: date made: 1977. maker: Marvel Comics. Object Name: comic book.

T-shirt stating "All Roads Lead to Washington, DC", worn at MMM 20th Anniversary: Date: 2015. Manufactured by: Delta Apparel Inc., American, founded 2000. Subject of: Million Man March, American, founded 1995.

Pennant for Coppin State University: Date: late 20th century - early 21st century. Manufactured by: Wincraft, Inc., American, founded 1961. Subject of: Coppin State University, American, founded 1900.
Document listing Sonny Liston's win-loss record: Date: February 1964. Distributed by: Dundee-MacDonald Enterprises, Inc., American, founded 1963. Subject of: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016.

Placard reading "Baltimore: An Uprising not a Riot!" used at Baltimore protests: Date: April 2015. Created by: Peoples Power Assemblies, American. Subject of: Freddie Gray, American, 1990 - 2015.
Placard stating "I AM A MAN" carried by Arthur J. Schmidt in 1968 Memphis March: Date: 1968. Printed by: Unidentified. Used by: Arthur J. Schmidt, American.
Broadside offering reward for the capture of Maria, Susan, and Harriet Johnson: Date: March 15, 1848. Created by: Charles Alexander Burnett, American, 1769 - 1849. Printed by: Murphy's General Printing Establishment, American.

The Meaning of San Rafael: Date: August 1971. Published by: New Outlook Publishers, American. Written by: Henry Winston, American, 1911 - 1986.

Flier for a News & Letters Committee meeting on "Black, Brown and Red": Date: 1972. Created by: News & Letters Committee, American, born 1955. Type: fliers (printed matter).
Flier for “The Amphitheatre Jam!!!” designed by Fab 5 Freddy: Date: October 10, 1981. Designed by: Fab 5 Freddy, American, born 1959. Printed by: Unidentified.
Pinback button promoting All-African People's Revolutionary Party: Date: after 1958. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: All-African People's Revolutionary Party, founded 1958.

Photographic postcard of Booker T. Washington on horse: Date: ca. 1905; reprinted ca. 2008. Manufactured by: Pomegranate Communications, Inc., American. Photograph by: Frances B. Johnston, American, 1864 - 1952.

Advertisement card for a revival featuring the Cleveland Colored Quintet: Date: 1947. Printed by: Unidentified. Subject of: Cleveland Colored Quintet, American.

Playbill for It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues: Date: 1999. Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884. Subject of: "Mississippi" Charles Bevel, American.

Lois Lane No. 106: date made: 1970-11. author: Kanigher, Robert. artist: Roth, Werner.

Young girl holding a Bugs Bunny doll: Object Name: snapshot. Physical Description: paper (overall material). Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 4 3/8 in; 8.89 cm x 11.1125 cm.

GI Joe Figure: copyright date: 1974. maker: Hasbro. Object Name: Doll.

Pokémon Card Game, Mixed Deck: date made: 1999. maker: Wizards of the Coast, Inc.. Object Name: playing cards.

toy bus; bus figurine: Object Name: toy bus. Object Name: bus figurine. Physical Description: metal (overall material).
Ticket for World Heavyweight Championship fight of Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay: Date: Feburary 25, 1964. Distributed by: Dundee-MacDonald Enterprises, Inc., American, founded 1963. Subject of: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016.

Pinback button endorsing Carl Stokes for Mayor of Cleveland: Date: ca. 1967. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Carl Stokes, American, 1927 - 1996.
Ticket for a Stevie Wonder performance in Japan: Date: 1981. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Stevie Wonder, American, born 1950.
Photographic postcard to Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend from Emma Azalia Hackley: Date: November 4, 1915. Photograph by: P. L. Huckins, American. Written by: Emma Azalia Hackley, 1867 - 1922.

Fliers for a march in memory of Mike Brown in Washington, DC: Date: 2014. Created by: National Black United Front, American, founded 1970s. Subject of: Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014.

Member badge for IBPOEW Lodge 135: Date: ca. 1940s. Created by: Unidentified. Issued by: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898.
Flyer about the Namibia Three and International Women's Day 1976: Date: 1976. Created by: Pan African Students Organization in the Americas, American, 1960 - 1977. Created by: Youth Against War & Fascism, American, founded 1961.