Mystery in Swing: Museum Object and Cultural History
Mystery in Swing: Date: 1940. Directed by: Arthur Dreifuss, German American, 1908 - 1993. Written by: Arthur Hoerl, American, 1891 - 1968.
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Mystery in Swing: Date: 1940. Directed by: Arthur Dreifuss, German American, 1908 - 1993. Written by: Arthur Hoerl, American, 1891 - 1968.

Film: date made: 1945. maker: Eastman Kodak Company. Object Name: motion picture film.

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.

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.

Of Black America: Black History; Lost, Stolen, or Strayed: Date: 1968. Written by: Andrew Rooney, American, 1919 - 2011. Written by: Perry Wolff, American, 1921 - 2019.

Poster for Claudine: Date: 1974. Created by: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935. Subject of: James Earl Jones, American, 1931 - 2024.

“Zamona”: publishing date: 1900. publisher: M. Witmark & Sons. Object Name: sheet music.

Poster from the film Jackie Brown: Date: 2002. Distributed by: Buena Vista Home Entertainment, American, founded 1997. Subject of: Pam Grier, American, born 1949.
Black Oxford wingtip shoes worn by Melvin Van Peebles: Date: mid to late 20th century. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021.
Black and purple graphic tie worn by Melvin Van Peebles: Date: 2000- 2010. Created by: Westminster, Italian. Subject of: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021.

Poster for No Vietnamese Ever Called Me Nigger: Date: 1968. Created by: United States Student Association, American, founded 1947. Type: posters.

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

Jojolo: Date: 1966. Directed by: Lebert "Sandy" Bethune, Jamaican American. Directed by: John Taylor.

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

Malcolm X: Struggle for Freedom: Date: 1967. Directed by: Lebert "Sandy" Bethune, Jamaican American. Directed by: John Taylor.

Michael Holman Family Home Movie #6: Date: ca. 1957. Created by: Pauline Thompson Wood, American, born 1901. Subject of: Lt. Thomas Holman, American, born 1926.

Ticket from the movie, "The Endless Summer" released in 1966: date made: 1966. Object Name: ticket, surfing. Object Name: ticket.

Bugs Bunny Animation Cel: Date made: 1960s. maker: Warner Brothers. Object Name: cel, animation.

experimental thin-film field effect transistor: date made: 1961. maker: Radio Corporation of America. Object Name: transistor.

Boots worn by Melvin Van Peebles in Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Date: ca. 1971. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021.

Vittorio Storaro: Date: 2008. Photograph by: John Simmons, American, born 1950. Subject of: Vittorio Storaro, Italian, born 1940.

The Case of the Fishermen: Date: 1947. Produced by: Carl Marzani, American, 1912 - 1994. Produced by: H. Arthur Klein, American, born 1907.

Flint is Family: Date: 2016. Created by: LaToya Ruby Frazier, American, born 1982. Subject of: Shea Cobb, American, born 1984.

Academy Award presented to Irving Berlin for "White Christmas": date made: 1942. user: Berlin, Irving. Object Name: award.

Photograph of Len Glascow at the starting line of a motorbike race: Date: 1976. Subject of: Rev. Lenton W. Glascow, American. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.

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

Original poster from "The Endless Summer" created by John van Hamersveld: date made: 1964. Object Name: poster, surfing. Object Name: poster.

Film still of Louis Armstrong on the set of "Going Places": Date: 1938. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Louis Armstrong, American, 1901 - 1971.

Shooting Car Sequence: Date: 2014. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American.

Photograph of Christopher Reeve as Superman: date made: mid-1980s. depicted (sitter): Reeve, Christopher. Object Name: photograph.

Alice in Wonderland: Date made: 1951. referenced: Beaumont, Kathryn. referenced: Wynn, Ed.

Archival process photo for "I, Destini Film": Date: 2013-2016. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American.

Destini Riley, Self Portrait: Date: 2013. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American.

Rock-N-Roll Revue: Date: 1955. Directed by: Joseph Kohn. Produced by: Ben Frye, American.

Shoes worn by Lupita Nyong'o as Patsey in the film 12 Years a Slave: Date: 2013. Designed by: Patricia Norris, American, 1931 - 2015. Worn by: Lupita Amondi Nyong'o, Mexican Kenyan, born 1983.

I Remember Harlem: Date: 1981. Directed by: William Miles, American, born 1931. Produced by: William Miles, American, born 1931.

"As Time Goes By": publishing date: 1941. depicted (sitter): Bogart, Humphrey. depicted (sitter): Bergman, Ingrid.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre II mask: date made: ca 1986. associated user: unknown. referenced: Hopper, Dennis.

Sounder: Date: 1969. Written by: William H. Armstrong, American, 1911 - 1999. Illustrated by: James Barkley, American.

Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy: Date: 1987. Directed by: Carlos Ortiz, Puerto Rican, 1947 - 2008. Subject of: Machito, Cuban American, 1908 - 1984.