Photographic slide of Mabel Hampton with Barbara Smith and Louis Hughes
date: label: Date
content: 1985
name: label: Photograph by
content: Dr. Ron Simmons, American, 1950 - 2020
label: Subject of
content: Mabel Hampton, American, 1902 - 1989
label: Subject of
content: Barbara Smith, American, born 1946
label: Subject of
content: Louis Hughes, American
label: Subject of
content: National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays, American, 1978 - 1990
notes: label: Description
content: A color photographic slide depicting activists Barbara Smith and Louis Hughes presenting a plaque and bouquet to activist and archivist Mabel Hampton. Smith dons a white button-up shirt and gray pants, while Hampton wears a cream sweater, with two red and blue jagged lines running around the sleeve, just at her wrist. She is also adorned with a gold headband. Her name, [Mabel Hampton], is clearly visible on the gold plate of the wooden plaque. She holds the plaque with both hands, as Smith extends a bouquet of yellow roses to her. Hughes stands behind Hampton. He is wearing a white shirt and brown vest, with a pink name tag with the word [HELLO] written on one side and a lambda sign on the other. He also holds on to the plaque that has been presented to Hampton. The gesture marks Hampton being granted a lifetime achievement award by the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays. On the white housing that encases the slide film, [DEC85 W5] is stamped in red ink on the bottom left corner and [27] on the bottom right corner. On the top right corner of the same side, 112 is written in pencil. The words [Ektachrome SLIDE] are printed on the back of the slide in blue and [PROCESSED BY Kodak] is printed on an icon that resembles a flowing arrow.
place: label: Place depicted
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: LGBTQ
label: Topic
content: Sexuality
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Ron Simmons Photography Collection
label: Classification
content: Archival Collections
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ron Simmons
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: TA2019.38.1.1.1.5
objectType: label: Type
content: color slides
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Ron Simmons
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: reversal film and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)