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"Hallelujah"

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This is the “Hallelujah" hair comb designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The silver hair comb is comprised of two long, curved hair prongs which mirror one another in shape. At the shaft of the comb, where the two prongs meet, are three decorative u-shaped metal pieces stacked with space and decreasing in size. They are soldered in the back.The hair comb has one hallmark on one of the hair pr

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"Hanging Gardens"

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This is the “Hanging Gardens" ring designed and created by Art Smith. The ring’s wide sterling silver band has a large bridge. The head of the ring is made of three flattened plates of sterling silver, stacked on top one another and decreasing in size to the top. The polished and oval-shaped brownish-red gemstone horizontally set in a bezel setting, encased in metal overlapping the edges of the ge

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photograph

"Honey, Does Yo Lub Yo Man!"

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This stereoview card depicts a group of men, women, and children in a wedding scene. Consisting of two similar images side by side, the card is arranged with the images in the center. At either end of the card is vertical script. Words at the left side read “Sold only by Universal View Co. / Philadelphia PA, Lawrence Kan." Words at the right side read “William H. Rau Publishers/ Philadelphia, U.S.

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stereograph

"How de Debble Does Dey Make a Bicycle?"

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This stereograph card depicts a boy sitting in a room with frame of an umbrella and a hoop on his lap. He holds a hammer in his right hand. There is a tabby cat sitting on his left. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the card. At either end of the card is vertical text. On the left side margin is text that reads "Strohmeyer & Wyman, P

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"I Have a Dream": The Life of Martin Luther King

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This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.

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"I Have a Dream": The Life of Martin Luther King

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"Keel"

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This is the “Keel" ring designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The sterling silver ring is made of one piece of silver. It has a large, diamond-shaped bridge, which is also one end of the band. The remaining band creates the base of the ring with the other end of the band vertically running through the diamond-shaped bridge. A movable, spherical, smoothly polished green jade is set between the

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"Lady Day"

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Russell may have been inspired by Smith’s love of jazz and connections to Holiday when naming this piece. An abiding jazz aficionado, jazz was one of the inspirations for Smith’s work. He liked to attend live jazz performances in Harlem and collected record albums by his favorite artists. Smith began his career working as an apprentice to modernist jewelry designer, Winifred Mason Chenet, who coun

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"Lesser Chrysoprase"

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This is the “Lesser Chrysoprase" ring designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The ring’s sterling silver band is a wide and flat split shank design. At the bridge of the ring, each of the two bands have an internal edge that is pointed. The large, green cabochon of chrysoprase is smoothly polished into an oval shape. The chrysoprase is set horizontally in a bezel setting, encased in metal overl

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"Like Man, I'm Tired of Waiting," the March on Washington

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The woman is standing straight up. She is wearing a knee-length dark dress with white strapped sandals. A bag, similar to a tote, hangs from her proper right foearm. Both of her arms are raised at the chest level as she closely holds a picket sign reading [LIBERTY FOR ALL / OR / DEATH FOR... / THIS WE M...].

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"MAUD" WYOMING STATE FAIR DOUGLAS 1910

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A black-and-white photographic postcard titled “’MAUD’ WYOMING STATE FAIR DOUGLAS 1910.” The image depicts a track at the 1910 Wyoming State Fair. At the center of the track is a bucking mule and a man who has been thrown off and captured mid-fall. Several other men, dressed in western wear, race towards the falling man from all directions. The track is lined with a fence rail on the right. Behind

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"Magic"

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This is the “Magic" ring designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The sterling silver ring is composed of a wire band placed over a flattened band. The two bands overlap at the base and bridge of the ring. Both bands are open-ended with overlapped ends at the bridge. The wire band has rounded flat ends while the flattened band has wide and flat rectangular ends. The ring has one hallmark stamped

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