A painted, wooden whirligig in the form of a caricatured man swatting a bumble bee. The man is standing on a dark, wooden block. He is depicted wearing a red jacket, black necktie, white shirt, yellow pants, and black boots. The tails of his jacket are made of red painted metal. A yellow top hat with a red band sits atop his head. He has a spherical head, painted black, with round white eyes and a
A drab olive green pea whistle attached to the survival vest (2014.243.34.1) owned by Charles F. Bolden. The whistle has a small cork ball inside and is attached to the vest with a lenths of white cordage strung through an attachment at the back. The cord attaches to the top of a pocket on the PL side of the survival vest.
This is a white container for lightening lotion manufactured by White Express. The front of the container features a large, white rectangular label with the image of a woman on the left side. She is facing the viewer, smiling mouth open, with her left hand against the left side of her face. She wears a towel wrapped around her head. The woman's right side is cropped from the label. Surrounding the
Identification badge for Eugene Allen from the White House. The badge is in laminated plastic and has a ball chain attachment at the top. The white badge has a blue border and the U.S. Presidential Seal in the center. Partially overlapping the seal, [W H] is perforated through the paper. At the bottom black printed text reads [Eugene C. Allen / White House / Washington, D.C.]. The text and designs
A white and black dress with sequins and beaded fringe designed by Peter Davy. The dress has a cap sleeve on the proper right side and is sleeveless on the other side. The sweetheart neckline is edged with a row of clear plastic seed beads and four rows of plastic silver metallic sequins. The top half of the dress is made of white synthetic with synthetic lace overlay. Five rows of clear plastic b
A white and black men's cropped vest designed by Louis Wells and worn by Verdine White, bassist for Earth, Wind & Fire. The front and back of the vest are made from a white damask in a floral burst design, with white cording stitched around the damask design and pearlized white beads and sequins sewn inside portions of the design. The front side openings are trimmed in black satin with sixteen (16