The collection

Graduation program for the Homer G. Phillips Hospital School of Nursing

Homer G. Phillips Hospital · September 5, 1947

ink on paper; H x W (Open): 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm); H x W (Closed): 8 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (21.6 × 14 cm)

List of attendees of the launching of the S.S. Harriet Tubman

Eva Stewart Northrup · June 3, 1944

ink on paper; H x W: 7 x 5 1/2 in. (17.8 x 14 cm)

Rock from Normandy Beaches, D-Day 1944

Hattye T. Yarbrough · June 6, 1944

ink on rock; H x W x D: 3 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (7.6 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm)

Public domain

Green velvet dress worn by Lena Horne in the film Stormy Weather

Helen Rose · 1943

velvet with metal and fur; H x W: 53 x 24 in. (134.6 x 61 cm)

<I>Washington, D.C. Government Charwoman (American Gothic)</I>

Gordon Parks · 1942; printed 1990s

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper; H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)

Public domain

Samsonite hat box suitcase from Mae's Millinery Shop

Samsonite · 1941–1994

plastic, metal, synthetic fiber, and elastic; H x W x D: 17 1/2 × 18 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (44.5 × 46.4 × 18.4 cm)