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Folding tab button for Kennedy - Johnson 1960 presidential campaign: Date: 1960. Manufactured by: Green Duck Company, American, 1906 - 2004. Subject of: President John F. Kennedy, American, 1917 - 1963.
Color drawing of the comic book character Icon, owned by Dwayne McDuffie: Date: ca. 1993. Produced by: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993. Owned by: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011.
Open Door Revival: Healing Time Testimonies: Date: 1955. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Rev. Lucille Light.
Business cards from Mae's Millinery Shop: Date: 1941-1994. Printed by: Unidentified. Owned by: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016.
Program for Club Ebony: Date: 1947-1948. Printed by: Unidentified. Distributed by: Club Ebony, American, 1947 - 1948.
Flier for P.A.L. Productions event featuring The Herculords: Date: September 1979. Illustrated by: B. Hicks. Illustrated by: A. Riley.
Flier advertising an evening with Gordon Parks, Jr.: Date: 1976. Created by: Loisaida Center, American, founded 1975. Subject of: Gordon Parks Jr., American, 1934 - 1979.
Admission ticket for the Second Annual Monterey Jazz Festival: Date: 1959. Created by: Unidentified. Owned by: Ralph Joseph Gleason, American, 1917 - 1975.
Playbill for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: Date: 2003. Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884. Used by: Royale Theatre, American, founded 1927.
Una Sewing Co-op - Black Dolls A: Date: 1968. Photograph by: Dr. Doris Derby, American, 1939 - 2022. Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women.
Cowboy Cookie Monster finger puppet: date made: mid-1980s. maker: Muppets, Inc.. Object Name: toy.
Wilesco Toy Circular Saw: date made: mid 20th century. Object Name: toy, circular saw. Measurements: table - from catalog card: 3 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in; x 8.255 cm x 6.985 cm.
1889 Exposition Universelle Souvenir Toy, Rickshaw: Date made: 1889. Object Name: Pull-Toy. Object Name: toy.
Century 21 Exposition Souvenir Toy, Space Needle: date made: 1962. Object Name: model. Object Name: toy.
US Olympic patch owned by Marilyn White: Date: 1964. Issued by: United States Olympic Committee, American, founded 1894. Created by: Unidentified.
Invitation for commencement at Fisk University: Date: 1948. Printed by: Hemphill Press, American. Subject of: Fisk University, American, founded 1866.
Pinback button supporting Oprah Winfrey as John Kerry’s running mate: Date: ca. 2004. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Oprah Winfrey, American, born 1954.
AfriCOBRA 1: Ten in Search of a Nation: Date: 1970. Created by: AfriCOBRA, founded 1968. Printed by: Wadsworth Aikens Jarrell Sr., American, born 1929.
Milestone Media trading card featuring the character Mechanic: Date: 1993. Issued by: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993. Created by: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011.
VIRGINIA OX TEAM.-(130): Date: early 20th century. Printed by: J. P. Bell Company, founded 1859. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
Lobby card for The Bronze Venus: Date: 1943. Distributed by: Toddy Pictures Company, American, 1941 - 1970s. Subject of: Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010.
Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?: Date: 1967. Manufactured by: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919. Subject of: Isabel Sanford, American, 1917 - 2004.
Lobby card for Pinky: Date: 1949. Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935. Subject of: Darryl F. Zanuck, American, 1902 - 1979.
Batman No. 10: date made: 1942. maker: D. C. Comics, Inc.. Object Name: comic book.
Toy Car: Date made: 1984. Object Name: Toy Car. Object Name: Delrin Toy Car.
International Harvester Tractor and Trailer: Object Name: tractor, "International Harvester". Object Name: tractor, "international harvester". ID Number: AG.78A01.01.
Star Wars No. 32: date made: 1980. maker: Marvel Comics. Object Name: comic book.
Nancy Hanks Doll (Abigail Doll): date made: 1930s. maker: unknown. Object Name: doll.
Martha's Vineyard NAACP Annual Freedom Fund Souvenir Journal: Date: August 1988. Created by: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909. Subject of: Elizabeth Shearer White, American, died 1993.
Plaque for Vietnam War service presented to Major Colin L. Powell: Date: September 1969. Created by: 1st Infantry Regiment. Received by: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021.
Lobby card for the film His Harlem Wife: Date: 1944. Published by: Toddy Pictures Company, American, 1941 - 1970s. Subject of: Louise Beavers, American, 1902 - 1962.
Milestone Media trading card featuring Denys Cowan: Date: 1993. Subject of: Denys Cowan, American, born 1961. Issued by: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993.
Pennant for the Philadelphia Stars: Date: 1933 - 1952. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Philadelphia Stars, American, 1933 - 1952.
T-Shirt featuring the comic book hero, Brotherman: Date: 1994. Manufactured by: International Sports & Activewear. Distributed by: Big City Comics, Inc., American, 1989 - 1996.
Testimonial Banquet Honoring Sister Magdalene Sample for More than Fifty Years of Service: Date: 1974. Created by: Second Baptist Church, American, founded 1887. Subject of: Magdalene Sample, American, 1879 - 1975.
German Toy Steam Engine: date made: early 20th century. Object Name: toy, steam engine and boiler. Object Name: steam engine and boiler, toy.
La Borinqueña, #1: date made: 2016. Object Name: comic book. Physical Description: paper (overall material).
Classic Comics No. 25: Two Years Before the Mast: date made: 1945. maker: Gilberton Company, Inc.. Object Name: comic book.
The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian No. 10: date made: 1976. Object Name: comic book. Physical Description: paper (overall material).
Tarzan No. 217: date made: 1973-02. Associated Name: Burroughs, Edgar Rice. maker: National Periodical Publications, Inc..