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Pinback button for Barack Obama campaign with "Old White Woman for Obama" slogan: Date: 2008. Designed by: Margaret Rich, American. Subject of: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961.
The Freedmen's Bureau: Date: July 25, 1868. Published by: Harper's Weekly, American, 1857 - 1916. Illustrated by: Alfred R. Waud, 1828 - 1891.
Gilbert model 4004-T "Wireless Telegraph Outfit": date made: ca 1920. date made: ca. 1920. Associated Name: A. C. Gilbert Company.
Magic 8 Ball: Date made: 2004. referenced: Cheney, Richard B.. referenced: Edwards, John.
Paper memorabilia related to William S. Hart: date made: 20th century. Object Name: memorabilia. Object Name: Memorabilia.
International Harvester Bottom Plow Model: Object Name: plow, bottom, "International" harvester. Measurements: overall: 2 1/2 in x 7 in x 12 in; 6.35 cm x 17.78 cm x 30.48 cm. ID Number: AG.75A07.02.
Action Comics No.20: date made: 1940. maker: D. C. Comics, Inc.. Object Name: comic book.
Jersey worn by Curly Neal for the Harlem Globetrotters: Date: 1963-1985. Manufactured by: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914. Worn by: Curly Neal, American, born 1942.
National Women's Conference ID card belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Date: 1977. Issued by: National Women's Conference, American, founded 1977. Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.
Broadside No. 15: Song of the Son: Date: 1950; printed 1967. Written by: Jean Toomer, American, 1894 - 1967. Published by: Broadside Press, founded 1965.
Pinback button against Apartheid: Date: 1948-1999. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
Packaging for Salaam Brand sardines: Date: ca. 1975. Distributed by: Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930. Manufactured by: Salaam International, American.
Wooden doll: Date: 1900s. Created by: Unidentified. Type: voodoo dolls.
Delegate ribbon used by a Grand United Order of Odd Fellows member: Date: 1908. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, American, founded 1843.
Appointment book belonging to the The Dixie Hummingbirds: Date: 2004. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Used by: Dixie Hummingbirds, American, founded 1928.
AMALGAMATION WHIG TICKET.: Date: 1838. Illustrated by: John William Orr, Irish, 1815 - 1887. Subject of: William Henry Seward, American, 1801 - 1872.
Doll, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964: date made: 1964. Object Name: doll. Measurements: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 in x 3 in; 13.97 cm x 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm.
Photographic postcard with image of a small child: Date: 1918-1930. Photograph by: Unidentified. Printed by: Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889.
Table knocker from the Elk's Rendezvous nightclub: Date: 1930 - 1945. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Used by: Elks Rendezvous, American, ca. 1930 - 1945.
Flier for a Mount Olive Baptist Church rally: Date: 1926. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Mount Olive Baptist Church, American, founded 1909.
Document listing Cassius Clay's win-loss record: Date: February 1964. Distributed by: Dundee-MacDonald Enterprises, Inc., American, founded 1963. Subject of: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016.
Playbill for Bridge & Tunnel: Date: March 2006. Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884. Used by: Helen Hayes Theatre, American, founded 1983.
Flier announcing a public discussion on "Desegregation and the NAACP": Date: May 4, 1956. Created by: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909. Subject of: Dr. Allan Knight Chalmers, American, 1897
Pen used by Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the 1964 Civil Rights Act: Date: July 2, 1964. Created by: Esterbrook Pen Company, American, 1947 - 1967. Used by: President Lyndon Baines Johnson, American, 1908 - 1973.
Star Wars No. 18: date made: 1978. maker: Marvel Comics. Object Name: comic book.
The Phantom No. 20: date made: 1967-01. maker: King Features Syndicate. Object Name: comic book.
TYPICAL NEGRO CABIN AT MILLWOOD, S. C.: Date: early 20th century. Produced by: Unidentified. Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women.
Member badge for IBPOEW Lodge 85: Date: ca. 1940s. Created by: Unidentified. Issued by: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898.
Pinback button for Channing Phillips' presidential campaign: Date: 1968. Manufactured by: Monarch Novelty, American. Subject of: Channing E. Phillips, American, 1928 - 1987.
Olympic Railway pass for the 1964 Tokyo XVIII Olympics: Date: 1964. Issued by: Japanese National Railways, Japanese, 1949 - 1987. Used by: Wyomia Tyus, American, born 1945.
From Scottsboro Comes the cry of Mothers for us to help: Date: September 10, 1932. Published by: International Labor Defense, American, 1925 - 1946. Subject of: Haywood Patterson, American, 1912 - 1952.
Illustrated brochure for Jubilee Quartet and "Black Patti" impersonator: Date: November 21, 1913. Distributed by: California Jubilee All Star Quartet, American, active ca. 1912 - 1922. Subject of: John C. Payne, American, 1872 - 1952.
NAACP Membership card belonging to Mae Reeves from Mae's Millinery Shop: Date: 1972. Issued by: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909. Owned by: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016.
The Warlord No. 38: date made: 1976. date made: 1978. date made: 1977.
Kull the Conqueror No. 7: date made: 1973. date made: 1974. date made: 1975.
Pinback button with "LGBTQ+ for Stacey Abrams": Date: 2018. Created by: Stacey Abrams for Governor, American, founded 2018. Manufactured by: Unidentified.
Subway poster for School of Visual Arts designed by Gail Anderson: Date: 2009. Designed by: Gail Anderson, American, born 1962. Illustrated by: Terry Allen, American.
Pinback button for the Shirley Chisholm presidential campaign: Date: ca. 1972. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005.
Pin for the diamond anniversary of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority: Date: 1983. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908.
Alpha Kappa Alpha jacket worn during the Women's March on Washington: Date: 1990s. Manufactured by: Charles River Apparel, American, founded 1983. Subject of: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908.