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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 Woman or Women.
Hav Plenty: Date: 1998. Distributed by: Miramax Films, founded 1979. Written by: Christopher Scott Cherot, American, born 1967.
Chromogenic print of Julius Carry as Sho'Nuff: Date: 1985. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: de Passe Entertainment, founded 1968.
Wedding Invitation Suite: Invitation with attached RSVP token envelope: Date: 2016. Designed by: Hadiya Williams, American, born 1978. Subject of: Shantrelle P. Lewis, American, born 1978.
Black leather pants worn by Melvin Van Peebles: Date: 2000s. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Worn by: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021.
Set-Up Animation Green-Screen: Date: 2014. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Lattina Lennon Riley, American.
Destini Painting on 16mm for I, Destini: Date: 2013. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American.
Film still of David Nelson in the film, Right On!: Date: ca. 1970. Created by: Herbert Danska, American, born 1927. Subject of: David Nelson, American.
Home movie footage taken in Hunts Point, NY: Date: ca.1949. Created by: Unidentified. Owned by: Pearl Bowser, American, 1931 - 2023.
The Anderson Platoon: Date: 1967. Directed by: Pierre Schoendoerffer, French, 1928 - 2012. Subject of: Lt. Joseph B. Anderson, American, born 1943.
Contact sheet of photographs of Nat King Cole playing the piano: Date: 1930-1965. Photograph by: David Workman, American. Subject of: Nat King Cole, American, 1919 - 1965.
The Beatles Movie Medley: publishing date: 1969. referenced: Beatles. publisher: Cherry Lane Music Co., Inc..
Oberammergau Passion Play Poster: date made: ca 1903. producer: Barnsdale Electric Moving Picture Company. maker: Barnsdale Electric Moving Picture Company.
Game Engine, Testing Camera Movement: Date: 2014. Photograph by: Unidentified. Type: black-and-white photographs.
Fright Knife: Object Name: knife. Physical Description: metal (overall material). Physical Description: wood (overall material).
Typewriter used by Neil Simon: date made: around 1979. user: Simon, Neil. maker: IBM.
Costume hat worn by Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues: Date: 1972. Designed by: Bob Mackie, American, born 1940. Designed by: Ray Aghayan, Iranian American, born 1934.
Neckerchief worn by Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in 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.
Promotional photograph from the film Journey By Train: Date: ca. 1935. Created by: Text Film Corp., American. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
Rain: Date: 1932. Directed by: Lewis Milestone, Russian American, 1895 - 1980. Subject of: Joan Crawford, American, ca. 1904 - 1977.
Poster for Dark Manhattan: Date: 1937. Distributed by: Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979. Subject of: Ralph Cooper, American, 1908 - 1992.
Die Hard Movie Poster: date made: 1988. depicted (sitter): Willis, Bruce. maker: Twentieth Century Fox.
The Bronze Buckaroo: Date: 1939. Directed by: Richard C. Kahn, American, 1897 - 1960. Created by: Richard C. Kahn, American, 1897 - 1960.
Film poster for Safe House: Date: 2012. Distributed by: Universal Pictures, founded 1912. Subject of: Denzel Washington, American, born 1954.
Murder in Harlem: Date: 1935. Directed by: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951. Written by: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951.
History of the Negro in America: Date: 1965. Directed by: Milton Meltzer, American, 1915 - 2009. Directed by: Alvin Yudkoff, American, born 1923.
Film box from the studio of H.C. Anderson: Date: 1970s. Manufactured by: Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889. Owned by: Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998.
Michael Holman Family Home Movie #21: Date: ca. 1968. Created by: Pauline Thompson Wood, American, born 1901. Owned by: Michael Holman, American, born 1955.
Michael Holman Family Home Movie #23: Date: ca. 1968. Created by: Pauline Thompson Wood, American, born 1901. Subject of: Baha'i World Centre, founded 1909.
Blue leather baseball cap for the Black Stuntmen's Association: Date: after 1967. Subject of: Black Stuntmen's Association, founded 1967. Worn by: Willie Harris, American.
Black and Tan: Date: 1929. Directed by: Dudley Murphy, American, 1897 - 1968. Written by: Dudley Murphy, American, 1897 - 1968.
Poster for The Flying Ace: Date: 1926. Subject of: John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965. Subject of: Kathryn Boyd, American, 1897 - 1965.
Harriet Tubman Stamped Motion Picture Currency, United States, 2017: date made: 2017. Object Name: note. Physical Description: paper (overall material).
Holly-Pax, Modern Insertion Type Sanitary Protection, Sample Package with Mailer: date made: ca 1945. Object Name: tampons. Measurements: box: 1.5 cm x 6.5 cm x 4.8 cm; 19/32 in x 2 9/16 in x 1 7/8 in.
Frame enlargement of Len Glascow on the set of "The High Chaparral": Date: 1968. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: 10th Cavalry "Buffalo Soldiers" Inc., American, founded 1966.
Maurice Sorrell Home Movie #4: Date: ca. 1955. Created by: Maurice Sorrell, American, 1914 - 1998. Type: motion pictures (information artifacts).
The Passer: Date: ca. 1959. Produced by: Borden Productions, Inc., American. Produced by: United States Naval Academy, American, founded 1845.
Black Panthers: Date: 1968. Directed by: Agnès Varda, French, 1928 - 2019. Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982.
Digital film still of Nyong'o, Boseman, and Coogler on the set of Black Panther: Date: 2017. Photograph by: Matt Kennedy. Produced by: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., American, founded 1939.