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Collection Director:

Porterfield, Jeanne  Search this

Chickering, Lisa  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1968

Scope and Contents:

Edited public relations film shot in 1958-1959 and released in 1968 representing various attractions and festivals in Austria over the course of a year's seasons. Film was sponsored by Volkswagen of America after the success of Chickering and Porterfield's Bravo Portugal! (1965, 80 minutes); Portugal with Pleasure is edited from the same footage and adds in-film narration from Chickering and Porterfield. Portugal with Pleasure received a Blue Ribbon at the American Film Festival in New York City in 1968.

Locations include: Lisbon, Coimbra, Óbidos, Bragança, Santarém, Tomar.

Collection Restrictions:

The Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the National Anthropological Film Collection may not be played.

Collection Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield Collection, National Anthropological Film Collection, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

HSFA.2015.16, Subseries 7.7

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Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection / Series 7: Films and film-related sound recordings

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9db63922d-34a9-43fe-8638-f6475acb8d15

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-2015-16-ref844

Creator:

Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994  Search this

Correspondent:

Albert, Bruce  Search this

Andrews, Scott  Search this

Balikci, Asen, 1929-  Search this

Beidelman, Tom  Search this

Bermudez, Beatrice  Search this

Brigard, Emilie de  Search this

Cardozo, Jesus  Search this

Carpenter, Edmund, 1922-2011  Search this

Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-  Search this

Connor, Linda  Search this

Fox, James  Search this

Freeman, Derek  Search this

Harrison-Pepper, Sally  Search this

Heider, Karl  Search this

Homiak, John P. (John Paul), 1947-  Search this

Jules-Rosette, Benneta  Search this

Kamerling, Lenny  Search this

Lewis, Doug  Search this

Lizot, Jacques  Search this

Loizos, Peter  Search this

Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978  Search this

Mello, James F., 1936-  Search this

Middleton, John  Search this

Piault, Collette  Search this

Preloran, Jorge, 1933-2009  Search this

Rouch, Jean  Search this

Ruby, Jay  Search this

Smith, Patrice  Search this

Storas, Frode  Search this

Tax, Sol, 1907-1995  Search this

Wayang, Mark  Search this

Wayang, Mary  Search this

Young, Tao  Search this

Extent:

62 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Correspondence

Manuscripts

Photographs

Place:

Venezuela

Date:

1947-1995

Summary:

Timothy Asch was an anthropologist and ethnographic film maker who devoted his professional life to using film as a recording and teaching medium. His papers cover the period from 1966 until his premature death in 1994 and reflect his active career in the field. A large portion of the files relates to his work among the Yanomami people of Venezuela and to his concern with bias in film making.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Timothy Asch document his career as an anthropologist, educator, photographer and filmmaker through correspondence, photographs, research files (articles and notes), and teaching materials (course information and lecture notes). The files relating to Asch's film projects include articles, field notes, and reviews. The major correspondents in this collection are Patsy Asch, Tom Beidelman, Napoleon Chagnon, James Fox, Robert Gardner, Douglas Lewis, Peter Loizos, David & Olga Sapir, and Minor White.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into the following 13 series:

Series 1) Correspondence (1953-1994)

Series 2) College and graduate School (1955-1965)

Series 3) Teaching materials (1964-1993)

Series 4) Film projects (1964-1991)

Series 5) Articles and reviews (1972-1994)

Series 6) Alpha-Subject (1955-1989)

Series 7) Conferences, film festivals, and film organizations (1963-1993)

Series 8) Grants (1962-1993)

Series 9) Other people's work (1952-1995)

Series 10) Personal and family (1951-1994)

Series 11) Photographs (1947-1991)

Series 12) Sound recordings (bulk 1960s-1970s)

Series 13) Note slips, rolodexes, and business cards (1987, undated)

Biographical note:

Asch studied photography at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. While serving in the United States Army in Japan from 1951-55 he spent his off-duty hours photographing rice production and household activities in remote Japanese villages. After his military service, he enrolled in Columbia University graduating in 1959 with an undergraduate degree in Anthropology. After graduation, he went to work at the Peabody Museum at Harvard as an assistant editor to John Marshall on the Kung Bushmen film project. In 1964, he received a Masters Degree in Anthropology from Boston University where he studied in the African Studies Progam and read Anthropology with T.O. Beidelman at Harvard. In 1968, Asch and Marshall founded Documentary Educational Resources, a film distribution company. Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon approached Asch in 1968 to film among the Yanomammmi people of Venezuela. This collaboration led to a major project resulting in over thirty films.

Chronology

1950-1951 -- California School of Fine Arts and Apprenticeships with photographers Minor White, Edward Weston and Ansel Adams

1953-1954 -- Military Service in Korea

1959 -- B.S. in Anthropology Columbia University

1959-1962 -- Ethnographic film consultant, Harvard University's Peabody Museum

1964 -- M.A. in Anthropology Harvard University

1965-1966 -- Curriculum Consultant, Ethnographic studies and the Bushmen Social Studies Curriculum Project (initially Educational Services, Inc., later called Educational Development Center)

1966-1968 -- Lecturer in Anthropology and Theater Arts, Brandeis University

1966-1968 -- Anthropology Curriculum and Media Consultant to the Newton Public Schools

1967-1994 -- Co-Founder and Director of Documentary Educational Resources, Watertown, Massachusetts, a non-profit curriculum development corporation distributing educational media

1968-1970 -- Visiting Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department, New York University

1969-1973 -- Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Brandeis University

1973-1979 -- Research Fellow in Ethnographic film, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University

1974-1976 -- Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University

1975 -- Research Cinematographer, National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

1976-1981 -- Senior Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Institute of Advanced Studies, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

1982 -- Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Anthropology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

1983-1994 -- Director, Center for Visual Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California

Related Materials:

The Human Studies Film Archives holds 93,000 feet (43 hours) of original film footage and the accompanying sound as well as the edited films from the 1968 and 1971 film projects by Timothy Asch and Napoleon Chagnon documenting the Yanomamo Indians of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil (between the Negro and Upper Orinoco rivers).

Provenance:

Donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Patsy Asch in 1996.

Topic:

Anthropology  Search this

Film -- theory  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Correspondence -- 1953-1994

Manuscripts

Photographs -- 1947-1991

Citation:

Timothy Asch papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1996-16

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Timothy Asch papers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ebe64d9d-33d2-4af7-9417-8f21f639c754

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1996-16

Artist:

Larry Rivers, American, b. Bronx, New York, 1923–2002  Search this

Medium:

Oil and charcoal on linen

Dimensions:

114 1/8 x 286 1/8 in. (289.7 x 726.8 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1963

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

Accession Number:

66.4299

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School:

Pop Precursors

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py209d9c76b-411c-40c1-9ad1-4213c8cc3204

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_66.4299

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-02-03T20:41:06.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

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SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_1eKyz5iG9Yo

Creator:

Gruppe, Karl, b. 1893  Search this

Names:

Public Works of Art Project  Search this

Extent:

3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1880-1985

Summary:

The papers of Karl Gruppe measure 3 linear feet and date from circa 1880-1985. They illustrate his career through biographical material, correspondence, project files, personal business records, and printed and photographic material.

Scope and Contents:

The Karl Gruppe papers measure 3 linear feet and date from circa 1880-1985.Biographical materials include a resume and family history of Gruppe and various biographical sketches of others. Correspondence is to and from Karl Gruppe and is with Karl Bitter and his family, the Society of Medalists, and David Oppenheim, and regards commissions and organizations. Project files consist of materials related to various projects completed by Gruppe including the Henry Hudson Memorial, the William Rufus King Memorial, and the Monument Restoration Project. Also included are projects for war memorials, a joint outdoor exhibition for the National Sculpture Society, and various Boroughs in New York City. Personal business records include those related to the National Academy of Design and National Sculpture Society including proceedings, financial material, business records, reports, and other materials. Also included are records relating to various other institutions and copyright records.

Printed material consists of exhibition announcements and catalogs, news clippings, materials related to Karl Bitter and Eisenhower College, and a published copy of The Dream City: A Portfolio of Photographic Views of the World's Columbian Exposition (1893). Also included are materials related to Gruppe's time working with the Public Works of Art Project in New York City. Photographic material includes personal photographs of Gruppe's family, and friends, including Laura Gardin (Fraser), Anthony de Francisci, Karl Bitter and the Bitter family, photographs of Marcella Sembrich, and photographs of the interior, garden, and studio of Karl Bitter. Also included are photographs of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904) and photographs of Gruppe's artwork which include nitrate negatives stored separately.

Arrangement:

This collection consists of six series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1932-1979 (.1 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1914-1976 (.4 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 3: Project Files, circa 1929-1965 (.6 Linear feet: Boxes 1-2)

Series 4: Personal Business Records, circa 1901-1969 (.9 Linear feet: Box 2)

Series 5: Printed Material, circa 1893-1978 (.4 Linear feet: Box 3)

Series 6: Photographic Material, circa 1880-1985 (.6 Linear feet: Box 3)

Biographical / Historical:

Karl Gruppe (1893-1982) was a sculptor who worked mainly in New York City.

Karl Heinrich Gruppe was born in Rochester, New York. He studied at the Royal Academy in Antwerp, Belgium with Franz Juris and with Karl Bitter at the Art Students League in New York. He was a sculptor in marble and bronze and held the position of Chief Sculptor of the Monument Restoration Project for the New York City Parks Department as part of the Public Works of Art Project.

In 1980 he was awarded the National Sculpture Society's "Special Medal of Honor". He was a member of the National Academy of Design (1968-1971) and served on the National Council of the National Academy of Design from 1956 to 1959, serving as Vice President in 1957. In 1950 he was elected academician. In 1960 Gruppe served as President of the National Sculpture Society and was appointed a member of the New York City Art Commission from 1944 to 1947. Away from the city he shared a studio with his brother Emile Gruppe in Rocky Neck, Massachusetts.

Karl Gruppe died in 1982 in Southold, New York.

Separated Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reel N70-35) including correspondence, clippings, and catalogs, 1920-1970, including items about the controversy over New York City's sculpture. Correspondents include Robert Moses, Edmond R. Amateis, Mary W. Harriman, Reginald Marsh, and Henry Wolf. Loaned materials were returned to the donor and are not described in the collection container inventory. Items were returned to Karl Gruppe after microfilming.

Provenance:

Materials on reel N70-35 were lent for microfilming in 1970 by Karl Gruppe. The bulk of the microfilmed material and additional papers were donated in 1970-1973 by Karl Gruppe and by his daughter Elizabeth Gruppe Stover in 1986.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Medalists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Monuments -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Monuments -- Conservation and restoration  Search this

Sculpture -- Conservation and restoration -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Medals  Search this

Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Function:

Film festivals

Citation:

Karl Gruppe papers, circa 1880-1985, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.grupkarl

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Karl Gruppe papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94aa3f889-cc77-4d3b-af67-684072bdd24e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-grupkarl

Collection Creator:

Gruppe, Karl, b. 1893  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 9

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1950-1957

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Karl Gruppe papers, circa 1880-1985, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

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Karl Gruppe papers

Karl Gruppe papers / Series 4: Personal Business Records

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f311e3c2-0d08-43cd-aa99-f5e52f7edb49

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-grupkarl-ref71

Creator:

Sperry, Robert H., 1927-1998  Search this

Subject:

Warashina, Patti  Search this

University of Washington  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Motion pictures (visual works)

Transcripts

Interviews

Sketches

Drawings

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Videotapes

Citation:

Robert Sperry papers, 1951-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Filmmakers  Search this

Potters -- Japan  Search this

Ceramicists -- Washington (State)  Search this

Ceramics -- Study and teaching  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11125

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)247192

AAA_collcode_sperrobe

Theme:

Craft

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_247192

Creator:

Asian American Arts and Media, Inc. (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Extent:

0.01 Linear feet (1 folder)

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Brochures

Press releases

Picture postcards

Newspaper clippings

Place:

Washington (D.C.)

Date:

1982-1997

Scope and Contents:

Asian American Arts and Media, Inc., collection, which dates from 1982 to 1997 and measures .01 linear feet, documents an early era of Asian American art activism in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The collection includes flyers, photo postcards, clippings and newsletters, which highlight the organizations' activities aimed "to promote more positive and realistic images of Asian Pacific Americans through the arts and humanities, and to develop a greater appreciation ans awareness of Asian Pacific American art forms." Among the holdings is a program book from the first Annual Asian American Film Festival cosponsored by Gold Mountain Radio Collective and the Organization of Pan Asian American Women, Inc.

Historical:

In 1982, Wendy Lim (1956- present) and Theodric Feng organized Washington D.C.'s first Asian-American film festival. Following the success of the film festival, Lim and Feng created the Asian American Arts and Media, Inc. This nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. was designed to help promote and support creative expression in Asian-American communities through design, media, literary, visual, and performing arts. Asian American Arts and Media, Inc. established memberships and donation processes to fund local Asian American artists as well as spread awareness about Asian American experiences through printed materials, such as pamphlets, newsletters, and flyers. The nonprofit was active through the late 1990s.

Biographical:

Wendy Lim (1956- present) is a Chinese American community organizer, whose work centered on supporting and encouraging Asian American art and media in local communities. Lim was born in 1956 in Hong Kong and moved to the United States in 1959. Her father worked as a laborer in several locations around the United States before making a career as a chef in the Washington D.C. area. Wendy's mother worked at home, raising Wendy, her brother, and her two –half-brothers from her father's first marriage.The family lived in an apartment above Lee's Groceries in northeast Washington D.C., for a time. The Lim children grew up speaking primarily Mandarin, but they understood basic Taishanese and Cantonese.

In the late 1960s, Lim and her family moved to Oxon Hill, Maryland, where Lim and her younger brother attended middle and high school. Wendy graduated from high school in 1975, and entered the East Asian Study program at Oberlin College. While at Oberlin, Lim joined the Asian American Alliance and attended talks and workshops about the experiences of Asian Americans. After graduating from Oberlin in 1979, Lim met Franklin Chao and learned about "Gold Mountain D.C.," a WPFW radio show that discussed Asian-American issues. Lim, Theodric Feng and Mariko Yamada (1950- present) took over the running of the show until 1982.

In 1982, Lim and Feng organized Washington D.C.'s first Asian-American film festival, which became an annual event. The Asian American Arts and Media Inc. nonprofit was created to help Lim and Feng continually fund the annual film festival, and to facilitate donations in support of Asian American art in their communities. During this time, Lim also volunteered with the Organization of Pan-Asian American Women and was the president of the organization for one year. In 1990, Lim joined the committee that helped create the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center.

Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at ACMarchives@si.edu

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Asian Americans  Search this

Film festivals  Search this

Film festival programs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Brochures

Press releases

Picture postcards

Newspaper clippings

Citation:

Asian American Arts and Media, Inc., Collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, gift of Wendy Lim.

Sponsor:

This project received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.

Identifier:

ACMA.06-089

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Asian American Arts and Media, Inc. Collection

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7c8240eb9-5715-428f-8397-516b81eba98e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-acma-06-089

Editor:

Julien, Isaac  Search this

Gilroy-Ware, Cora  Search this

Seput, Vladimir  Search this

Book designer:

Varella, Kimberly  Search this

Wagner, Sam  Search this

Host institution:

University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery  Search this

Metro Pictures (Gallery)  Search this

SCAD Museum of Art  Search this

Jessica Silverman (Gallery)  Search this

Victoria Miro Gallery  Search this

McEvoy Foundation for the Arts  Search this

Kino der Kunst  Search this

National Galleries of Scotland  Search this

Galerie Ron Mandos  Search this

Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain),)  Search this

Gagosian Gallery (London, England),)  Search this

Edinburgh International Film Festival  Search this

Physical description:

263 pages chiefly color illustrations 31 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Expositions

Exhibition catalogs

Video art

Catalogues d'exposition

Place:

Great Britain

Grande-Bretagne

Date:

2021

21st century

21e siècle

Topic:

Independent filmmakers  Search this

Installations (Art)  Search this

Cinéastes indépendants  Search this

ART / General  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1162706

Artist:

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975  Search this

Collector:

Marx, Groucho (Julius Henry), 1890-1977 (comedian)  Search this

Names:

Four Nightingales  Search this

Marx Brothers  Search this

Paramount Pictures  Search this

RKO Pictures (studio)  Search this

Three Nightingales  Search this

United Artists  Search this

Warner Brothers  Search this

Marx, Chico  Search this

Marx, Harpo, 1888-1964  Search this

Palmer, Minnie  Search this

Extent:

12 Cubic feet (39 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Personal papers

Photographs

Motion pictures (visual works)

Photographic prints

Scrapbooks

Sheet music

Correspondence

Place:

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Date:

1911-1978, undated

Summary:

Papers, films, and collected materials of 20th century comedian Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx.

Scope and Contents:

Series 1: Correspondence, 1932-1977 is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. In 1965, Marx gave the Library of Congress a portion of his correspondence with well-known personages. The majority of the correspondence in this collection dates from the post World War II era (Marx's early correspondence is located at the Library of Congress.) This series includes correspondence from well-known persons, fans, admirers and friends. There is an extensive amount of correspondence with the screenwriter Nunnally Johnson. The series includes letters concerning public relations, Walt Disney caricatures of the Marx Brothers, The Grouchophile permission letters, unidentified correspondence and one letter from Chico Marx to Gummo Marx.

Series 2: Publications, Manuscripts and Print Articles by Marx, 1930-1958, undated is arranged chronologically with circa and undated material placed before the book manuscripts. This series contains written material by Groucho Marx excepting scripts and sketches. The series includes articles written by Marx for national magazines, various speeches and manuscripts for three of Marx's books.

Series 3: Scripts and Sketches, 1939-1959, undated, is arranged alphabetically with television scripts and sketches placed before full-length movie and theatre scripts. This series contains television, motion picture and theatre scripts and sketches, monologues, and related written material pertaining to works starring or featuring Marx. It also contains scripts for the one theatrical play written by Marx, A Time for Elizabeth.

Series 4: Scrapbooks, 1923-1978 is arranged chronologically and contains sixteen scrapbooks spanning Marx's career from his first Broadway success, I'll Say She Is to the year after his death. Of particular interest are the early scrapbooks for the Marx Brothers career, a scrapbook spanning the years 1934-1958 complied by Marx himself for his daughter Melinda, a photographic scrapbook compiled by the staff of Life magazine documenting a 1963 magazine layout of Marx and his then wife Eden Hartford Marx. There is also a scrapbook devoted to Chico Marx's brief career as a bandleader in the mid-late 1940s.

Series 5: Music,circa 1930-1975, undated is arranged alphabetically and includes original music manuscripts written by Marx and songs for Marx's shows and motion pictures and unidentified manuscripts perhaps written by Marx, his friends, his daughter Melinda or her music teacher. It also includes commercially produced sheet music purchased by Marx, copies of songs featured in Marx's motion pictures, music from "Minnie's Boys the theatrical production based on the Marx Brothers and their mother, an autographed copy of "Stay Down Here Where You Belong" by Irving Berlin, songs written by Marx published commercially, and Marx's copy of a collection of songs by Gilbert and Sullivan.

Series 6: Publicity, ca. 1911-1977 contains theatre programs, motion picture reviews, newspaper clippings both foreign and domestic, record album covers, a book cover and one poster of the Marx Brothers. There are items related specifically to Chico Marx. This series is arranged chronologically.

Series 7: Artwork and Photographs, 1911-1976, undatedis arranged according to subject matter and includes artwork, features cartoons and caricatures of the Marx Brothers by various artists including the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer art department and Hirschfield, sketches of the Marx Brothers by Sheila Smith, Peggy Jacobs, Bridget Crowe and Mark E. Williams (all probably fans of the Marx Brothers), various candid photographs, publicity photographs and studio portraits of Marx, his brothers, his immediate family, correspondence and related images and photographic negatives and transparencies.

Series 8: Personal and Family Documents, 1925-1975, undated contains documents relating to Marx's personal life and his brothers Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, and his daughter Melinda. Of particular interest is Marx's copy of the transcript of his divorce deposition from Eden Hartford Marx, two proclamations from the City of Los Angeles and a portfolio cover made for him by his daughter Melinda. This series is arranged chronologically.

Series 9: Audiovisual, 1929-1970 includes home movies of Groucho, brothers Harpo and Chico, and Groucho's wife and children as well as film and kinescope copies of television programs featureing Groucho as the star or guest.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into 9 series.

Series 1: Correspondence,1932-1977

Series 2: Publications, Manuscripts, and Print Articles by Groucho Marx, 1930-1958, undated

Series 3: Scripts and Sketches, 1939-1959, undated

Series 4: Scrapbooks, 1923-1978

Series 5: Music, circa 1930-1975, undated

Subseries 5.1: Original Music Manuscrpts

Subseries 5.2: Commercially Produced Sheet Music and Collections

Series 6: Publicity, circa 1911-1977

Series 7: Artwork and Photographs, 1911-1976, undated

Subseries 7.1: Artwork

Subseries 7.2: Photographs

Subseries 7.3: Photographic Negatives and Transparencies

Series 8: Personal and Family Documents, 1925-1978, undated

Series 9: Audiovisual

Subseries 9.1: Moving Images

Subseries 9.2: Sound Recordings

Biographical / Historical:

One of 20th century America's most enduring comics and cultural icons was Groucho Marx. Julius Henry Marx, better known as Groucho, was born in New York City on October 2, 1890. He was the third of five sons born to Minna and Samuel Marx. Minna's brother, Al Shean, was a part of the well-known vaudeville team, Gallagher and Shean.

The Marx family consisted of five boys: Leonard (Chico), Arthur (Harpo), Julius (Groucho), Milton (Gummo) and Herbert (Zeppo). The family lived in the Yorkville section of New York City. Groucho had a high soprano singing voice and his first job was singing in the choir of an Episcopal church. He joined Gus Hall and his vaudeville troupe when he was eleven. Groucho attended P.S. 86 but never went beyond the 7th grade. Minna organized the Three Nightingales with Groucho, Gummo and a girl singer. The girl was eventually replaced by a boy tenor and Harpo joined the troupe. The name of the group was changed to The Four Nightingales. Minnie acted as the group's manager. The group became known as the Marx Brothers with everyone except Gummo taking part in the act. The family moved to Chicago ca. 1904 where their grandfather lived.

The brothers toured the South and Midwest performing a vaudeville skit called, "Fun in Hiskule". It is noted that the comedy act began in Nacogdoches, Texas. The Marx Brothers first big success came in 1919 with their vaudeville act entitled "Home Again". In 1920, they were booked into the Palace Theatre in New York City and played there for thirteen months. They were later banished from the circuit due to a contract violation - they had accepted employment without Albee's permission. Groucho married Ruth Johnson on February 4th, 1920 and divorced her in July 1942. They had one daughter, Miriam and one son, Arthur born in 1921.

In 1923, they toured with the show, "I'll Say She Is", a collection of vaudeville routines that Groucho had written in collaboration. The show ran on Broadway for thirty-eight weeks. On December 8, 1925, the brothers (using their nicknames professionally for the first time) opened on Broadway in "The Cocoanuts". The play was written expressly for them by George S. Kaufman and Morris Ryskind with music by Irving Berlin. The brothers made a silent film circa 1924 called "Humor Risk" but it was never released. "Animal Crackers" opened on October 23, 1928. It was in this show that Groucho created one of his most famous characters, Captain Spaulding, the African explorer. Groucho was by this time paired with Margaret Dumont, stooge and foil, whom Groucho claimed never, really understood the Marx Brothers comedy.

On the strength of their success in "The Cocoanuts", they were signed to a film contract. In 1929, they made the film version of "The Cocoanuts" while performing "Animal Crackers" on the stage. Their mother, Minna Marx died the same year. The following year they starred in the film version of "Animal Crackers". Both films were made in New York City. In 1931, Groucho moved to Hollywood where The Marx Brothers made thirteen films. The brothers signed with Paramount Pictures and made "Monkey Business" (1931), "Horsefeathers" (1932) and "Duck Soup" (1933) while at the studio. In 1933, Zeppo left the troupe and Samuel Marx died.

In February 1934, Groucho and Chico teamed up in a radio program called, "Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel", about characters who were comic lawyers. In March 1934, they replaced Ethel Waters on a weekly radio series sponsored by the American Oil Company. In 1935, the brothers starred in "A Night at the Opera" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a film produced by Irving Thalberg and a sequel, "A Day at the Races" (1937). In addition to working for MGM, the brothers starred in "Room Service" (1938) for the RKO studio.

The brothers discontinued the act in September 1941 but reunited for the film "A Night in Casablanca" (1946) and "Love Happy" (1949). Groucho found work as a solo artist making films for RKO, Warner Brothers and Paramount. In March 1943, the Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewery sponsored a half-hour variety show on CBS starring Groucho. Groucho married his second wife, Catherine "Kay" Gorcey in July 1945, they had one daughter Melinda. They divorced in 1951. Groucho continued to guest on many radio shows and continued to be at his peak when ad-libbing. John Guedel created "You Bet Your Life" for Groucho in October 1947. The show aired over the ABC radio network. It moved to CBS and in 1950 it was purchased by NBC and ran on television until 1961. The show ran for a total of four years on radio and eleven years on television. Groucho won radio's Peabody Award as best comedian on radio in 1948; an Emmy award in 1951; and the Motion Picture Daily Annual TV poll from 1951-1954.

Groucho was also musical. He played the guitar, but never as part of his shows. He was also an author and a playwright. He wrote the stage play, "A Time for Elizabeth", in 1948 with Norman Krasna. The play ran for eight days on Broadway but had longer runs in summer stock. In July 1954, Groucho married his third and final wife Eden Hartford. They divorced in December of 1969. In 1967, Simon and Schuster published excerpts from letters Groucho had donated to the Library of Congress in 1965. The book was entitled The Groucho Letters. Groucho authored other books, Groucho and Me (1959) his autobiography, The Secret Word is Groucho (1976) with Hector Arce and The Grouchophile (1976).

Groucho retired in 1961 but in 1972 with the help Erin Fleming, his companion and manager since 1969, he toured in a solo act. The show entitled, "An Evening with Groucho" played Carnegie Hall in New York City in May 1972. Groucho was made a Commander of the French Order of Arts and Letters at the Cannes Film Festival in 1972. In 1974, Groucho received an honorary Academy Award (Oscar) for the contribution of the Marx Brothers to the art of film. Marx died on August 19th, 1977.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Julius H. (Groucho) Marx, through the Estate of Groucho Marx, August 5, 1987.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Reference copies of audiovisual materials must be used. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Comedians -- 1920-1970  Search this

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Genre/Form:

Personal papers

Photographs -- 20th century

Motion pictures (visual works)

Photographic prints

Scrapbooks

Sheet music

Correspondence -- 1930-1950

Citation:

Groucho Marx Collection, 1911-1978, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0269

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep845dd2cd0-46ee-4664-8bb1-93308c140f43

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0269

Collection Artist:

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975  Search this

Collection Collector:

Marx, Groucho (Julius Henry), 1890-1977 (comedian)  Search this

Container:

Box 15

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1966-1968

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Reference copies of audiovisual materials must be used. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Groucho Marx Collection, 1911-1978, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Groucho Marx Collection

Groucho Marx Collection / Series 4: Scrapbooks

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82061912d-290e-4a80-9d23-432445c3bcd2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0269-ref134

Interviewee:

Breer, Robert C. (Robert Carlton), 1926-2011  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

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Oldenburg, Claes  Search this

Tinguely, Jean  Search this

Bonino Gallery  Search this

Galerie Denise René  Search this

PepsiCo, Inc.  Search this

Stanford University  Search this

United States. Army  Search this

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Interviews

Sound recordings

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Robert Breer, 1973 July 10. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Lyrical abstraction (Art movement)  Search this

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Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11951

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212084

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Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212084

Photograph by:

Tommy Oliver, American, born 1984  Search this

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Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

George Perry Floyd Jr., American, 1973 - 2020  Search this

Sean Reed, American, died 2020  Search this

Ahmaud Arbery, American, 1994 - 2020  Search this

Breonna Taylor, American, 1993 - 2020  Search this

Ariane McCree, American, died 2019  Search this

Santa Monica Police Department, American, founded 1897  Search this

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digital

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H x W: 4480 pixels × 6720 pixels

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digital images

digital media - born digital

Place captured:

Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date:

May 31, 2020

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Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommy and Codie Oliver

Object number:

2021.31.1

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© Tommy Oliver

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Media Arts-Photography

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Black Lives Matter

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52d82e371-bf98-4f05-8565-d730fc4df370

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edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.31.1

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Tommy Oliver, American, born 1984  Search this

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Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

George Perry Floyd Jr., American, 1973 - 2020  Search this

Culver City Police Department, American, founded 1917  Search this

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digital

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H x W: 4480 pixels × 6720 pixels

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digital images

digital media - born digital

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Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date:

May 31, 2020

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Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommy and Codie Oliver

Object number:

2021.31.10

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© Tommy Oliver

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Black Lives Matter

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56d4dd51c-387c-4a9d-9e93-521af17c6835

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edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.31.10

Photograph by:

Tommy Oliver, American, born 1984  Search this

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Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

George Perry Floyd Jr., American, 1973 - 2020  Search this

Santa Monica Police Department, American, founded 1897  Search this

Medium:

digital

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H x W: 3446 pixels × 6720 pixels

File size: 132.54 MB

Type:

digital images

digital media - born digital

Place captured:

Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date:

May 31, 2020

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Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommy and Codie Oliver

Object number:

2021.31.11

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© Tommy Oliver

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Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Movement:

Black Lives Matter

African American - Latinx Solidarity

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c4d4e9e0-4f95-4b30-917c-f8375d90e776

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.31.11

Photograph by:

Tommy Oliver, American, born 1984  Search this

Subject of:

Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

Los Angeles Police Department, American, founded 1869  Search this

National Guard of the United States, American, founded 1903  Search this

George Perry Floyd Jr., American, 1973 - 2020  Search this

Jackie Lacey, American, born 1957  Search this

Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles, American, founded 2013  Search this

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digital

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H x W: 3672 pixels × 6286 pixels

File size: 132.11 MB

Type:

digital images

digital media - born digital

Place captured:

Downtown LA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date:

June 3, 2020

Topic:

African American  Search this

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Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommy and Codie Oliver

Object number:

2021.31.12

Restrictions & Rights:

© Tommy Oliver

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Black Lives Matter

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b347d217-4bba-49d2-90ed-b7ddf62bce1d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.31.12

Photograph by:

Tommy Oliver, American, born 1984  Search this

Subject of:

Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

George Perry Floyd Jr., American, 1973 - 2020  Search this

Jackie Lacey, American, born 1957  Search this

Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles, American, founded 2013  Search this

Medium:

digital

Dimensions:

H x W: 4480 pixels × 6720 pixels

File size: 172.3 MB

Type:

digital images

digital media - born digital

Place captured:

Downtown LA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date:

June 3, 2020

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Gender  Search this

Identity  Search this

Justice  Search this

LGBTQ  Search this

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U.S. History, 2001-  Search this

Urban life  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommy and Codie Oliver

Object number:

2021.31.13

Restrictions & Rights:

© Tommy Oliver

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Black Lives Matter

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51693adc4-1818-4f96-b508-36de85bea554

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.31.13

Photograph by:

Tommy Oliver, American, born 1984  Search this

Subject of:

Lisa Hines, American  Search this

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

Wakiesha Wilson, American, died 2016  Search this

George Perry Floyd Jr., American, 1973 - 2020  Search this

Jackie Lacey, American, born 1957  Search this

Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles, American, founded 2013  Search this

Medium:

digital

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H x W: 4480 pixels × 6720 pixels

File size: 172.29 MB

Type:

digital images

digital media - born digital

Place captured:

Downtown LA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date:

June 3, 2020

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Families  Search this

Justice  Search this

Motherhood  Search this

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Urban life  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommy and Codie Oliver

Object number:

2021.31.14

Restrictions & Rights:

© Tommy Oliver

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Black Lives Matter

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e37f72b3-b60c-4fda-bec8-515e9848a614

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.31.14

Photograph by:

Tommy Oliver, American, born 1984  Search this

Subject of:

Lisa Hines, American  Search this

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

Wakiesha Wilson, American, died 2016  Search this

George Perry Floyd Jr., American, 1973 - 2020  Search this

Jackie Lacey, American, born 1957  Search this

Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles, American, founded 2013  Search this

Medium:

digital

Dimensions:

H x W: 4480 pixels × 6720 pixels

File size: 172.3 MB

Type:

digital images

digital media - born digital

Place captured:

Downtown LA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date:

June 3, 2020

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African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Families  Search this

Justice  Search this

Motherhood  Search this

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Resistance  Search this

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Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommy and Codie Oliver

Object number:

2021.31.15

Restrictions & Rights:

© Tommy Oliver

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Black Lives Matter

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd581bb14b3-502d-4958-b059-831ed820d9ec

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.31.15

Photograph by:

Tommy Oliver, American, born 1984  Search this

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Helen Jones, American  Search this

Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

John Thomas Horton III, American, died 2009  Search this

George Perry Floyd Jr., American, 1973 - 2020  Search this

Jackie Lacey, American, born 1957  Search this

Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles, American, founded 2013  Search this

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digital

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H x W: 3818 pixels × 6720 pixels

File size: 146.84 MB

Type:

digital images

digital media - born digital

Place captured:

Downtown LA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date:

June 3, 2020

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African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Families  Search this

Justice  Search this

Motherhood  Search this

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Police brutality  Search this

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Resistance  Search this

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Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommy and Codie Oliver

Object number:

2021.31.16

Restrictions & Rights:

© Tommy Oliver

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Black Lives Matter

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5818e47ec-2c9e-4adb-b50f-d892042a0983

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.31.16