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Celebrating a Milestone: A Lithograph Honoring the Fifteenth Amendment
A lithograph in the Winterthur collection depicts a grand parade on May 19, 1870, in Baltimore, Maryland, celebrating the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, which gave African American men the right to vote. Published by Thomas Kelly and based on … Continue reading
The Remarkable Life and Career of a Free African-American Cabinetmaker
This mid-19th-century mahogany veneer dressing bureau, one of Winterthur’s newest furniture acquisitions, is a visually striking object with an even more striking history. Although the dresser conforms to popular urban furniture designs of its era (with its distinctive carved bracket … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Programs, antiques, Furniture, galleries, museum collection, Uncategorized
Tagged 19th century, African-American, Antebellum South, antiques, furniture, Henry Francis du Pont, milton, museum acquisitions, nc, thomas day, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture
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