BGuthrie Photos: DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit (Concourse Level): Watching Oprah

DC -- NMAAHC -- Exhibit (Concourse Level): Watching Oprah:

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Description of Pictures: Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture
June 8, 2018 – June 30, 2019
This exhibition explores the era that shaped Oprah Winfrey’s life and early career in TV, her talk show that dominated daytime TV for 25 years, and the ways in which she has influenced American popular culture. It features original artifacts from Harpo Studios in Chicago and from Smithsonian collections as well as video clips, interactives, and photographs.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. AAOPRA_181025_001.JPG: Watching Oprah The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture
2. AAOPRA_181025_005.JPG: America Shapes Oprah
3. AAOPRA_181025_009.JPG: The Fight for Equal Opportunity
4. AAOPRA_181025_015.JPG: Woman Power
5. AAOPRA_181025_019.JPG: Dress Worn by Diahann Carroll on Julia, 1968-1971 In the situation comedy, Julia, Diahann Carroll played the role of Julia Baker, a widow and nurse raising her young son. The first TV show to depict a black middle-class family, and the first since the 1950s sitcom Beulah to feature a black woman, Julia and its glamorous star challenged historically stereotypical roles of women on television.
6. AAOPRA_181025_026.JPG: Gown Worn by Mary Wilson of The Supremes, ca 1967
7. AAOPRA_181025_033.JPG: Costume Worn by Nichelle Nichols on Star Trek, 1966
8. AAOPRA_181025_041.JPG: Black is Beautiful
9. AAOPRA_181025_045.JPG: Equal Opportunity in the News
10. AAOPRA_181025_050.JPG: Behind the Scenes: Owning the Airwaves
11. AAOPRA_181025_054.JPG: Oprah: The Early Years
12. AAOPRA_181025_058.JPG: Religious Upbringing
13. AAOPRA_181025_061.JPG: On the Stage
14. AAOPRA_181025_064.JPG: Early Career
15. AAOPRA_181025_067.JPG: Nashville: Reporting the News
16. AAOPRA_181025_080.JPG: Canceled Check, 1977 After arriving in Baltimore, Winfrey, who had previously straightened her hair, adopted a natural hairstyle. As she later recalled, her managers at the television station disliked the look and encouraged her to visit an upscale salon in New York City to have it restyled. Winfrey saved the check she wrote, and noted the disastrous outcome: "Hair fell out."
17. AAOPRA_181025_084.JPG: Baltimore: People are Talking
18. AAOPRA_181025_089.JPG: Shoes Worn on The Tonight Show On January 29, 1985, Oprah Winfrey made her first appearance on The Tonight Show. These were the shoes she wore.
19. AAOPRA_181025_097.JPG: People Are Talking with Guest Leonard Nimoy, 1978 Oprah Winfrey, Richard Sher, and Leonard Nimoy
20. AAOPRA_181025_107.JPG: Chicago: Everybody Loves Oprah!
21. AAOPRA_181025_114.JPG: The Color Purple
22. AAOPRA_181025_131.JPG: The Oprah Winfrey Show
23. AAOPRA_181025_143.JPG: 25 Years 4,561 Shows Did You See What Was On Oprah?
24. AAOPRA_181025_152.JPG: On the Set
25. AAOPRA_181025_158.JPG: In the Audience
26. AAOPRA_181025_161.JPG: Wristbands, 2008-2009
27. AAOPRA_181025_171.JPG: Oprah Around the World
28. AAOPRA_181025_179.JPG: Harpo Studios
29. AAOPRA_181025_183.JPG: Behind the Scenes
30. AAOPRA_181025_186.JPG: The Producers
31. AAOPRA_181025_189.JPG: The Green Room
32. AAOPRA_181025_192.JPG: To Oprah -- You are a blessing in my life, and a wonder to behold! May this just be the beginning of a life-long conversation. Love -- Barack Obama
33. AAOPRA_181025_195.JPG: Andre Leon Talley, April 29, 2005
34. AAOPRA_181025_197.JPG: Patti LaBelle, September 7, 2005
35. AAOPRA_181025_205.JPG: Wanda Sykes
36. AAOPRA_181025_208.JPG: Will.i.am, April 23, 2010
37. AAOPRA_181025_211.JPG: Rihanna, January 20, 2010
38. AAOPRA_181025_214.JPG: Poncho from Selma Hayek
39. AAOPRA_181025_217.JPG: Hairpiece from Lady Gaga
40. AAOPRA_181025_223.JPG: Parting Gifts
41. AAOPRA_181025_226.JPG: Sword from Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott
42. AAOPRA_181025_232.JPG: Mattie Stepanek Statue and Blessings Box
43. AAOPRA_181025_241.JPG: Air Jordans from Michael Jordan
44. AAOPRA_181025_249.JPG: Oprah's Closet
45. AAOPRA_181025_252.JPG: Legends
46. AAOPRA_181025_274.JPG: "Diet Dreams Come True"
47. AAOPRA_181025_277.JPG: Dress worn to the 21st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, 1994
48. AAOPRA_181025_294.JPG: Talking About Race
49. AAOPRA_181025_297.JPG: Oprah vs. Donahue
50. AAOPRA_181025_300.JPG: Talk-Back TV 1980s-1990s
51. AAOPRA_181025_303.JPG: Speaking Out
52. AAOPRA_181025_306.JPG: Talk Show Controversy
53. AAOPRA_181025_316.JPG: Life Your Best Life TV 1990s-2010s
54. AAOPRA_181025_319.JPG: Expert Advice
55. AAOPRA_181025_322.JPG: Oprah's Book Club
56. AAOPRA_181025_325.JPG: "Ask Dr. Oz"
57. AAOPRA_181025_331.JPG: Favorite Things
58. AAOPRA_181025_336.JPG: "You Get a Car! You Get a Car!"
59. AAOPRA_181025_342.JPG: Angel Network
60. AAOPRA_181025_354.JPG: "4,561 Days Of My Life"
61. AAOPRA_181025_358.JPG: Oprah Shapes America
62. AAOPRA_181025_370.JPG: Legends Ball Honorees, 2005
63. AAOPRA_181025_376.JPG: Giving Back
64. AAOPRA_181025_384.JPG: Harpo, Inc
65. AAOPRA_181025_389.JPG: "Dangerous Food"
66. AAOPRA_181025_392.JPG: Stetson Hat from Clint Black
67. AAOPRA_181025_393.JPG: The Oprah Effect
68. AAOPRA_181025_396.JPG: "He Is The One"
69. AAOPRA_181025_399.JPG: The Meaning of Oprah
70. AAOPRA_181025_405.JPG: "You want crow with that?" Steve Kelley, San Diego Union-Tribune
71. AAOPRA_181025_416.JPG: "I think Oprah's lawyers have stacked the jury." Mike Smith, USA Today
72. AAOPRA_181025_419.JPG: "You say that Oprah may have hurt your reputation but possibly saved your life." Herb Block, The Washington Post
73. AAOPRA_181025_439.JPG: Harpo Productions
74. AAOPRA_181025_446.JPG: Hat worn by Winfrey as Mattie Michaels in The Women of Brewster Place, 1989
75. AAOPRA_181025_459.JPG: Oprah Winfrey receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2013
76. AAOPRA_181025_462.JPG: "In her story, we are reminded that no dream can be deferred when we refuse to let life's obstacles keep us down." -- President Barack Obama
77. AAOPRA_181025_465.JPG: Dress Worn to Golden Globes, 2018
78. AAOPRA_181025_468.JPG: Golden Globes
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