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- Performing Artist, Club Harlem, 1934-1935 - Paradise Valley, the entertainment district of Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood, contained numerous clubs, cabarets, and theaters. Many famous Black performers, such as Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, played in Paradise Valley from the 1920s to the 1950s. This photo shows an unidentified artist who played at Club Harlem, a short-lived “black-and-tan” establishment that catered to Black and White audiences.
- 1934-1935
- Collections - Artifact
Performing Artist, Club Harlem, 1934-1935
Paradise Valley, the entertainment district of Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood, contained numerous clubs, cabarets, and theaters. Many famous Black performers, such as Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, played in Paradise Valley from the 1920s to the 1950s. This photo shows an unidentified artist who played at Club Harlem, a short-lived “black-and-tan” establishment that catered to Black and White audiences.
- Artist Point Gift Shop, Mountainburg, Arkansas, 1994 - In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.
- 1994
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Artist Point Gift Shop, Mountainburg, Arkansas, 1994
In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.
- Artist Painting a Self-Portrait, 1890-1910 - Tintypes, the popular "instant photographs" of the 19th century, could be produced in a matter of minutes at a price most people could afford. Tintypes democratized photography. Beginning in the mid-1850s, they gave more people than ever before the chance to have a real likeness of themselves--capturing unique glimpses of how everyday Americans looked and lived.
- 1890-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Artist Painting a Self-Portrait, 1890-1910
Tintypes, the popular "instant photographs" of the 19th century, could be produced in a matter of minutes at a price most people could afford. Tintypes democratized photography. Beginning in the mid-1850s, they gave more people than ever before the chance to have a real likeness of themselves--capturing unique glimpses of how everyday Americans looked and lived.
- Performing Artist, Club Harlem, 1934-1935 - Paradise Valley, the entertainment district of Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood, contained numerous clubs, cabarets, and theaters. Many famous Black performers, such as Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, played in Paradise Valley from the 1920s to the 1950s. This photo shows an unidentified artist who played at Club Harlem, a short-lived “black-and-tan” establishment that catered to Black and White audiences.
- 1934-1935
- Collections - Artifact
Performing Artist, Club Harlem, 1934-1935
Paradise Valley, the entertainment district of Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood, contained numerous clubs, cabarets, and theaters. Many famous Black performers, such as Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, played in Paradise Valley from the 1920s to the 1950s. This photo shows an unidentified artist who played at Club Harlem, a short-lived “black-and-tan” establishment that catered to Black and White audiences.
- Performing Artist, Club Harlem, 1934-1935 - Paradise Valley, the entertainment district of Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood, contained numerous clubs, cabarets, and theaters. Many famous Black performers, such as Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, played in Paradise Valley from the 1920s to the 1950s. This photo shows an unidentified artist who played at Club Harlem, a short-lived “black-and-tan” establishment that catered to Black and White audiences.
- 1934-1935
- Collections - Artifact
Performing Artist, Club Harlem, 1934-1935
Paradise Valley, the entertainment district of Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood, contained numerous clubs, cabarets, and theaters. Many famous Black performers, such as Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, played in Paradise Valley from the 1920s to the 1950s. This photo shows an unidentified artist who played at Club Harlem, a short-lived “black-and-tan” establishment that catered to Black and White audiences.
- Performing Artist, Club Harlem, 1934-1935 - Paradise Valley, the entertainment district of Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood, contained numerous clubs, cabarets, and theaters. Many famous Black performers, such as Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, played in Paradise Valley from the 1920s to the 1950s. This photo shows an unidentified artist who played at Club Harlem, a short-lived “black-and-tan” establishment that catered to Black and White audiences.
- 1934-1935
- Collections - Artifact
Performing Artist, Club Harlem, 1934-1935
Paradise Valley, the entertainment district of Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood, contained numerous clubs, cabarets, and theaters. Many famous Black performers, such as Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, played in Paradise Valley from the 1920s to the 1950s. This photo shows an unidentified artist who played at Club Harlem, a short-lived “black-and-tan” establishment that catered to Black and White audiences.
- Hallmark "Arctic Artist" Collector's Club Christmas Ornament, 1999 - Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- 1999
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "Arctic Artist" Collector's Club Christmas Ornament, 1999
Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- Hallmark "Nature's Secret Artist" Spring Ornament, 2005 - Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. These ornaments appealed to customers' interest in marking memories, commemorating milestones, and expressing one's personality and unique tastes. This success led the company to produce ornaments for other holidays. Hallmark marketed and sold Easter and springtime ornaments in several series dating back to the 1990s.
- 2005
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "Nature's Secret Artist" Spring Ornament, 2005
Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. These ornaments appealed to customers' interest in marking memories, commemorating milestones, and expressing one's personality and unique tastes. This success led the company to produce ornaments for other holidays. Hallmark marketed and sold Easter and springtime ornaments in several series dating back to the 1990s.
- Performing Artist, Club Harlem, 1934-1935 -
- 1934-1935
- Collections - Artifact
Performing Artist, Club Harlem, 1934-1935
- Performing Artist, Club Harlem, 1934-1935 - Paradise Valley, the entertainment district of Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood, contained numerous clubs, cabarets, and theaters. Many famous Black performers, such as Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, played in Paradise Valley from the 1920s to the 1950s. This photo shows an unidentified artist who played at Club Harlem, a short-lived “black-and-tan” establishment that catered to Black and White audiences.
- 1934-1935
- Collections - Artifact
Performing Artist, Club Harlem, 1934-1935
Paradise Valley, the entertainment district of Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood, contained numerous clubs, cabarets, and theaters. Many famous Black performers, such as Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, played in Paradise Valley from the 1920s to the 1950s. This photo shows an unidentified artist who played at Club Harlem, a short-lived “black-and-tan” establishment that catered to Black and White audiences.