Photograph of Mary Reid holding flyer featuring swastikas and hate language
date: label: Date
content: July 1964
name: label: Photograph by
content: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Mary Reid
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Mary Reid holding an American Nazi three fliers. The fliers have have repeated symbols of swastikas and hate language. The first flyer reads [KILL ALL BLACKS]. The other two fliers have similar language. Reid is standing on the third step down from a wood-paneled front porch. There is an imprint of a palm tree in the bottom right corner of the border on the front of the photograph. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the number: [1497] and a photographer's stamp.
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting symbols of hate or related to organized hate groups may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate history and culture.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: White supremacy movements
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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 from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.302.10
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 16 7/8 × 11 1/16 in. (42.9 × 28.1 cm)