This bound volume contains information regarding Captain Richard Griffiths and his crew aboard the slave trading ship True Blue, sailing from Liverpool, England to Benin and on to Kingston, Jamaica. The covers are made from a red marbled paper and the text [Ship / True Blue / Wages Book / Sail’d 6 april 1770] is written on the front cover in ink. The eighty-three (83) total interior pages have tex
America's Promise Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to uplifting at-risk youth via a cross-sector association of community organizations, businesses, and government organizations. Originating during the Presidential Summit of 1997, General Colin L. Powell, led the initial three-year campaign before converting the effort to a nonprofit and serving as its founding chairman. The organiz
Suit waistcoat from Ain't Misbehavin' costume ensemble for Act II worn by André De Shields during the 1982 NBC TV special. The suit is comprised of a jacket (2018.1.2.1.1), pants, (.2), and a waistcoat (.3). The waistcoat is mainly brown fabric with pink embroidery stitched in a bow and floral pattern. The pink is the same material used in the stripes on the silk shirt, [2018.1.2.2]. The lapel, bu
Suit waistcoat from Ain't Misbehavin' costume ensemble for Act I worn by André De Shields during the 1982 NBC TV special. The suit is comprised of a jacket (2018.1.1.1.1), pants, (.2), waistcoat (.3), and two pocket chains (.4 and .5). The waistcoat is navy blue with white pin stripes. It is single breasted with five plastic brown buttons on the front at the waist, an angled bottom edge and no lap
This waistcoat is part of a suit worn by Sherman Hemsley as the character George Jefferson on the television show "The Jeffersons." The waistcoat is a single-breasted style with a five (5) button closure, an angled bottom edge and no lapel. The front panel of the waistcoat and the trim at the neckline are made of the same rust colored fabric as the suit jacket and trousers. The five (5) buttons ar
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A walking stick owned by Cab Calloway. The walking stick is primarily constructed from black painted wood with a gold tone, metal hand grip. The shaft of the walking stick is thin and cylindrical. Near the bottom it tapers inwards. At the bottom of the walking stick is a piece of small, brass, cylindrical hardware that connects the body to the rubber cane tip. There is black fabric adhesive tape w
Walking stick with a handle in the shape of a man's head. The handle and shaft are wood, the collar is ivory, and the ferrule is horn. The face of the handle has a passive or neutral expression; the man's hair is painted black. The shaft of the stick has wear marks along it, especially along the bottom half.
A painted, wooden walking toy in the form of a caricatured porter. The figure has a black cartoonish face with white eyes, a large, red mouth and white teeth. The top of his head is also black, with two orange stripes on the proper left. He is painted wearing a red jacket, white shirt and a black tie. His legs are cylindrical and painted orange. The figure's proper right foot is missing. The prope
A painted, wooden walking toy in the form of a caricatured porter. The porter has a cartoonish face with large, round eyes and a wide white mouth. He is painted wearing bellhop uniform: a gold jacket with four (4) black buttons and the word [SAMBO] under his proper left breast pocket. A hat is painted on top of his head, gold with a red front. His torso is hinged at the waist to his cylindrical, r