overall: 31 in x 10 in x 3 1/2 in; 78.74 cm x 25.4 cm x 8.89 cm
Object Name:
banjo
Place made:
United States
Date made:
1835-1865
Subject:
African American
Blacks
Music & Musical Instruments
Banjos
ID Number:
1990.0164.01
Accession number:
1990.0164
Catalog number:
1990.0164.01
Description (Brief):
This banjo was made by an unknown maker in the United States around 1835-1865. It has undergone considerable scrutiny and analysis at the Smithsonian because of its attribution to American slave origins. So far, studies have been inconclusive. While the sun design carved on the body may have African origins, the polygonal shape, wood top (instead of a skin), and carved head pegbox lie outside the traditions of banjos brought to America by Africans. Nevertheless, the instrument was likely made by someone familiar with Black culture.
[African American women] [black-and-white cellulose acetate photonegative]
Photographers:
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Film manufacturer:
Agfa
Physical description:
Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet
1 item, 4" x 5"
Culture:
African Americans Washington (D.C.)
Type:
Photographs
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1941
1940-1950
Topic:
Receptions
African American women
African Americans
Local number:
Box 618.04.122
AC0618.004.0002120.tif (AC Scan)
No Scurlock number
Summary:
Group of African American women, formally dressed, presumably at a reception. "Misc. 1941" on original envelope. No ink on negative. Agfa Safety Film edge imprint
Cite as:
Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
[Portrait of a young African American woman in a white dress : Black-and-white photoprint.]
Photographers:
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Photographer:
Scurlock, Addison N. 1883-1964
Physical description:
Silver gelatin on paper
1 item, 6-1/2" x 4-1/2", mounted
Culture:
African Americans Washington (D.C.)
Type:
Pictorialist
Toning (photography)
Photographs
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1920
1930
1920-1940
Topic:
Portraits--African American women
African Americans
Local number:
AC0618.001.0000039.tif (AC Scan)
2008-4983 (OIPP Scan)
Summary:
Woman is seated on a carved chair. Photograph by A.N. Scurlock. Sepia-toned print with a romantic, pictorialist effect. Thin paper mount with blind-stamp, lower right.
Cite as:
Photograph by Addison N. Scurlock. Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
[Four young African American women standing beside a convertible automobile : black-and-white photoprint]
Collector:
WANN Radio Station (Annapolis, Maryland)
Physical description:
Silver gelatin on paper
1 item, 7.5" x 9.5"
Culture:
African Americans
Type:
Photographs
Place:
Maryland
Annapolis (Md.)
Carr's Beach (Annapolis, Md.)
Date:
1958
Ca. 1958
1950-1960
Topic:
Ferris wheels
Automobiles
Automobiles, Convertible
African American women
Radio advertising
Beaches
Segregation
Local number:
03080027.tif (AC Scan)
AC0800-0000005.tif (AC Scan No., duplicate)
Notes:
In Box 13
During the 50s and early 60s, Anne Arundel County was still segregated and the beaches for [African Americans] were Carr's Beach and Sparrow's Beach in Annapolis, and the beach communities of Highland Beach, Arundel-On-The-Bay, and Columbia Beach in the county. Carr's Beach was the most famous of the beaches and was affectionately called "The Beach". During the week "The Beach" was a place for day camp, church picnics, etc. But on the week-ends especially Sunday afternoons, Carr's Beach had the unique distinction of being a major stop on the "Chitlin Circuit". (Quoted from http://www.carrsbeach.com/.)
Summary:
Advertising on convertible for Hoppy Adams of WANN radio station in Annapolis, Maryland; a Ferris wheel is seen in the background. Photographer unidentified
Cite as:
WANN Radio Station Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Aeronautics curator Von Hardesty discusses the updated Black Wings exhibit in the "Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight Gallery," offering a perspective on African American pioneer aviators, past and present. This informal gallery talk was recorded on February 9, 2011 as part of the National Air and Space Museum's "Ask an Expert" lecture series. "Ask an Expert" lectures are presented weekly at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC and biweekly at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. For more information & schedule, see http://www.nasm.si.edu/askanexpert/
Virginia Mecklenburg, senior curator, explores the work of Jacob Lawrence, Norman Lewis, Lois Mailou Jones, Melvin Edwards, and other artists featured in the exhibition African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond. These artists participated in ongoing dialogues about art, black identity, and individual rights that engaged American society in the twentieth century. Using documentary realism, painterly expressionism, and the postmodern assemblage of found objects, they rewrote American history and its art.
Color: Cyanotype; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Cyanotype
Type:
Photographic print
Group
Topic:
African Americans
Campbell, Robert
Phillips, Bartlett L
Washington, Charles Sumner
Labor Force
Museum--employees
Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Clothing and dress
Uniforms
Standard number:
SIA2009-0430 or 94-9551or original neg. #10249
Restrictions:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary:
African American Laborers, including Robert Campbell, Richard Hill, Rev. Bartlett L. Phillips, and Charles Washington are dressed in their white uniforms, worked at the United States National Museum
overall: 31 in x 10 in x 3 1/2 in; 78.74 cm x 25.4 cm x 8.89 cm
Object Name:
banjo
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Date made:
1981
Subject:
Music & Musical Instruments
Banjos
ID Number:
1981.3019.01
Nonaccession number:
1981.3019
Catalog number:
1981.3019.01
Description (Brief):
This banjo was made by Robert Klinger in Washington, D.C. in 1981. The banjo is a reproduction of an African-American banjo (catalog number 1990.0164.01) that was made in the shop of the National Museum of American History’s conservation lab.
"Save Our African American Treasures" in Charleston, S.C
Author:
Barnes, Michael
Subject:
Conwill, Kinshasha Holman
Bunch, Lonnie G
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Save Our African American Treasures Program
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 Color: Color; Size: 5w x 4.68h ; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Event
Place:
United States
Date:
May 30, 2009
Topic:
African Americans--History
South Carolina
Women
Legislators
Artifacts
African Americans
Public programs
Standard number:
SOAT-BurkeHS__02221
Restrictions:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary:
Participants in the "Save Our African American Treasures" program held in May 2009 in Charleston, South Carolina. "Treasures" is a national outreach program presented by the National Museum of African American History and Culture to ensure the preservation of African American history. Looking on (center rear) are NMAAHC Director Lonnie Bunch and Congressman James Clyburn (DSC), and Deputy Director Kinshasha Holman Conwill stands at right. Visitors are learning how to preserve artifacts
Resolution Calling for National African American Museum
Subject:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
99th Congress. Sess. 2, 1986
United States Congress House
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 Color: Color; Size: 6.37w x 9.57h ; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Document
Type:
Object
Document
House Document
Date:
October 21, 1986
Topic:
African Americans--History
Museums
New Museums
Standard number:
SIA2011-2271
Restrictions:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary:
H.R. 666, 1986 Resolution Calling for National African American Museum, 1986
[African American pilot in dramatic pose : photoprint, ca. 1941-1945.]
Photographer:
Scurlock, Robert S [Saunders] 1917-1994
Subject:
Tuskegee Airmen
Physical description:
Silver gelatin on fiber-based paper sheet, 10" x 8"
1 item
Culture:
African Americans
Type:
Portraits
Date:
1941
1945
ca 1941-1945
Topic:
Pilots
African American air pilots
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations
Airmen
African American men
Local number:
618ps0245872pm.tif (AC Scan)
Summary:
Warm-toned, double-weight print, unsigned, uncaptioned, undated, but appears to be a "vintage" print. Location is probably either Tuskegee airfield or on base in Italy. Print has regular borders
Cite as:
Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Design for National Museum of African American History and Culture
Author:
Unknown
Subject:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Freelon, Adjaye, Bond, SmithGroup Architects
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 Color: Color; Size: 18.76w x 13.25h ; Type of Image: Exterior; Landscape; Medium: Digital Image
Type:
Landscape
Exterior
Digital Image
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
2010
Topic:
African Americans--History
Architecture
Museum architecture
Architecture--Drawings and plans
Architecture--Design and plans
Museum buildings
Architecture--Washington (D.C.)
Standard number:
tmpF52C_tmp_tcm20-183729
Restrictions:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Image Courtesy of the National Museum of African American History and Culture's Website
Summary:
An artist rendition of the design by architect David Adjaye of the Freelon Adjaye Bond/Smith Group for the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. The design features a museum that has glass walls and features a crown motif from a Yoruban sculpture. The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is a Smithsonian Institution museum established in 2003. It will be built on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and is set to open in 2015
