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Costume headpiece for Tin Man in The Wiz on Broadway: Date: 1975. Designed by: Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian American, 1930 - 2014. Created by: Fred Nihda, 1931 - 1997.
Tie tack for Ain't Misbehavin' costume worn by André De Shields: Date: 1978-1988. Created by: Unidentified. Worn by: André De Shields, American, born 1946.
Prop piano from "The Piano Lesson" revival with Nord Piano keyboard: Date: 2022. Designed by: Beowulf Boritt, American. Designed by: Romello D. Huins.
Photograph of Denyce Graves wearing a Donna Langman designed dress for "Carmen": Date: 2012. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Denyce Graves, American, born 1964.
Hallelujah Chorus: Date: ca. 1973. Written by: James Baldwin, American, 1924 - 1987. Subject of: Ray Charles, American, 1930 - 2004.
Photograph of Chuck Green and James Walker: Date: 1932-1944. Photograph by: Strand Studio, American. Subject of: Chuck Green, American, 1919 - 1997.
Orange dress with mermaid silhouette and rhinestone straps worn by Mable Lee: Date: 1970s. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007.
Photograph of a female performer in costume: Date: ca. 1937. Photograph by: James J. Kriegsmann, 1909 - 1994. Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women.
Spats for Ain't Misbehavin' costume worn by André De Shields: Date: 1988. Created by: Unidentified. Worn by: André De Shields, American, born 1946.
Blues for Mr. Charlie: Date: 1964. Written by: James Baldwin, American, 1924 - 1987. Used by: Actors Studio, American, founded 1947.
“My Man”: publishing date: 1920. depicted; performer: Brice, Fanny. publisher: Leo Feist, Inc..
Photograph of Harry "Sweets" Edison and Coleman Hawkins: Date: 1954-1967. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Coleman Hawkins, American, 1904 - 1969.
Costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for Peter in Porgy and Bess: Date: 1995. Created by: Judy Dearing, American, 1940 - 1995. Type: design drawings.
Wooden chest papered with Circus Articles: Date made: 1874. maker: Waterman Brown. Object Name: Trunk.
Untitled (outside Apollo Theatre): Date: 1934-1940s. Photograph by: Arthur Leipzig, American, 1918 - 2014. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
Vest, worn by Mr. Frick: user: Werner Fritz Groebli. Object Name: vest. Object Name: vest, ice skating.
Talawa at The Cochrane: the Love Space Demands: Date: 1992. Distributed by: Talawa Theatre Company, British, founded 1986. Subject of: Ntozake Shange, American, 1948 - 2018.
Cigarette caddy belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Date: 1930-1970. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.
Bonwit Teller hatbox belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Date: ca. 1960. Manufactured by: Bonwit Teller , American, 1895 - 2000. Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.
Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater Poster: date made: 1974. Object Name: poster. Physical Description: paper (overall material).
Costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for Karl Lindner in A Raisin in the Sun: Date: 1983-1986. Created by: Judy Dearing, American, 1940 - 1995. Subject of: Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965.
Photograph of three men with three female performers in costume: Date: 1933-1950. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Laura Cathrell, 1914 - 1999.
Pin for Ain't Misbehavin' costume worn by André De Shields: Date: 1982. Created by: Unidentified. Worn by: André De Shields, American, born 1946.
Broadside for 1852 performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin at Royal Olympic Theatre: date made: 1852. used date: October 23, 1852. Associated Name: Stowe, Harriet Beecher.
Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett: Date: ca. 1940. Photograph by: Bloom Photography, American. Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.
Blue beaded evening bag belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Date: 1945-1970. Manufactured by: Walborg Corporation, founded 1941. Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.
Photograph of Marlon Brando and Beah Richards: Date: ca. 1965. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Marlon Brando, American, 1924 - 2004.
Dance Theatre of Harlem #3: Date: 1983. Photograph by: Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944. Subject of: Dance Theatre of Harlem, American, founded 1969.
St. Louis Blues: Date: 1928. Composed by: W. C. Handy, American, 1873 - 1958. Published by: Handy Brother's Music Co., Inc., American, founded 1918.
Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins posing with a group of people: Date: 1948-1958. Photograph by: Robert Sneed, American. Subject of: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975.
The Eighty Six Years of Eubie Blake: Date: after 1983. Produced by: Columbia Records, American, founded 1888. Recorded by: Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Poster: date made: 1980. Associated Name: Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. depicted (sitter): Gebel-Williams, Gunther.
Statue of Henry Dixey as Adonis: date made: ca. 1880s. date made: 1886. Object Name: statue.
Costume drawing by Judy Dearing for George Murchison in A Raisin in the Sun: Date: 1983-1986. Created by: Judy Dearing, American, 1940 - 1995. Subject of: Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965.
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing: Date: 1968. Edited by: Amiri Baraka, American, 1934 - 2014. Edited by: Larry Neal, American, 1937 - 1981.
slap stick: Object Name: Slapstick. Object Name: slap stick. Object Name: slapstick.
Printing plate of Mildred Smith and Alfred Drake: Date: January 1947. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Mildred Smith.
Watercolor costume sketch by Lemuel Ayers for the musical, St. Louis Woman: Date: 1945. Created by: Lemuel Ayers, American, 1915 - 1955. Subject of: Gwendolyn Hale.
Color photographs with negative of Eubie Blake: Date: ca. 1981. Photograph by: Bobbiegita Walker, American, born 1942. Subject of: Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983.
Hello, Dolly! Window Card: Date made: 1978. depicted; performing artist: Channing, Carol. associated institution: Lunt-Fontanne Theater.