The collection

<I>Plan of Group Insurance for Employes of The Pullman Company</I>

The Prudential Insurance Company of America · 1929

ink on paper; 6 7/8 × 5 1/16 × 1/8 in. (17.5 × 12.9 × 0.3 cm)

Public domain

<I>Sharp's Language Drills and Test: Fifth Grade</I>

Webster Publishing Company · 1929

ink and graphite on paper; H x W x D: 9 5/16 × 6 × 1/4 in. (23.7 × 15.2 × 0.6 cm)

Public domain

Press kit for the film Black Gold

Norman Studios · 1928

ink on paper; H x W: 21 15/16 × 28 1/16 in. (55.8 × 71.3 cm)

Public domain

Gelatin silver print of four 1927 Mississippi River flood images

Illinois Central Railroad · April 30, 1927

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper; H x W: 7 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20 x 25.5 cm)

Public domain

<I>The Ballad of a Brown Girl: An Old Ballad Retold</I>

Countee Cullen · 1927

ink on paper; H x W: 10 × 6 1/2 × 1/4 in. (25.4 × 16.5 × 0.6 cm); H x W x D (closed): 9 7/8 × 6 9/16 × 7/16 in. (25.1 × 16.7 × 1.1 cm)

Public domain

Desk from the Hope School

A. H. Andrews & Co. · 1925–1954

iron and hardwood; H x W x D: 26 3/4 × 20 1/8 × 24 3/4 in. (67.9 × 51.1 × 62.9 cm)

Desk from the Hope School

A. H. Andrews & Co. · 1925–1954

iron and hardwood; H x W x D: 23 3/8 × 22 1/8 × 44 in. (59.4 × 56.2 × 111.8 cm)

Magazine clipping advertising The Plantation Club, NYC

Vogue Magazine · May 1924

ink on paper; H x W: 12 3/4 × 9 11/16 in. (32.4 × 24.6 cm)

Singer model 66 treadle sewing machine and motor from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

Singer Corporation · 1921

paint on iron and wood with plastic and metal; H x W x D (Sewing Machine): 8 13/16 × 7 1/16 × 16 7/16 in. (22.4 × 18 × 41.8 cm); H x W x D (Foot pedal): 1 15/16 × 3 3/8 × 6 1/8 in. (5 × 8.5 × 15.5 cm)

Bronze African Redemption Medal of the Universal Negro Improvement Association

Universal Negro Improvement Association · c. 1920

bronze and leather; 2011.57.18a: 1 3/4 × 1 5/8 × 1/16 in. (4.5 × 4.2 × 0.2 cm); 2011.57.18b: 6 5/16 × 11/16 × 13/16 in. (16 × 1.8 × 2 cm)

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