Desk from the Dreamland Theater in the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa: Museum Object and Cultural History
Desk from the Dreamland Theater in the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa: Date: early 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Williams Dreamland Theater, American, founded 1906.
The object in the museum catalogue
This desk was used by the Williams family at the Dreamland Theater in the Greendwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Wooden writing desk with four fluted legs. At the front, below the mid-section, on either side are long rectangles of wood with angled triangles extending out from center. The desk has four cubby holes below a shelf on the back of the writing surface. There is a pair of cubbies on either side of the desk’s writing surface as well. The writing surface slides in and out of mid-section with two hand holds for easy access on either side of the top near the front. The front portion of the writing top is slightly curved. The desk has a large rectangular drawer with scalloped lower edges on the front. The front of the drawer has two pairs of carved out scallops near the center. The drawer slides in and out of lower portion of the desk top.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: early 20th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Williams Dreamland Theater, American, founded 1906
- Used by: John Wesley Williams, 1884 - 1939
- Type: writing desks
- Medium: wood, metal, varnish
- Dimensions: 32 x 33 x 17 1/4 in. (81.3 x 83.8 x 43.8 cm)
- Place used: Greenwood, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: American West
- Topic: Black Enterprise
- Topic: Business
- Topic: Race discrimination
- Topic: U.S. History, 1919-1933
- Object number: 2013.119
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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