Historical Collection
Dublin Core
Title
Historical Collection
Description
Collection contains artworks and objects that pertain to the history of Haiti and Haitian people.
Identifier
HC2500
Collection Items
First Blacks Chicago including Lori Lightfoot
Painting of Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Harold Washington, Lori Lightfoot, Barack Obama
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Catherine Flon
Catherine Flon--Goddaughter Jean Jacques Dessalines sewed first Haitian Flag May, 1803
Haitian Bank Notes
Haitian bank notes: 250 (Jean Jacques Dessalines), 500 (Alexandre Petion), 1,000 (Florvil Hyppolite) (framed)
La Citadelle
This is a painting depicting La Citadelle LaFerriere (Citadelle Henri Christophe), or simply the Citadelle, a large mountaintop fortress in Northern Haiti. The artist emphasizes the structure's permanence within the natural environment surrounding…
Ceremonie Bois Caiman 14 Aout 1791
On 14 August 1791, slaves of Saint-Domingue gathered for a vodou ceremony at Bois Caiman. The leader Boukman stands larger than life on the far right and presides over the sacrifice of a black Creole pig to Erzulie Dantor, the mother spirit of…
Founders and Most Prominent Heads of State of Haiti
A framed illustrated list of the founders and most prominent heads of state of Haiti from its founding to the present
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