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Historical photographs & visual records

16. Congo Belge Port de Matadi. Station du chemin de fer Matadi-Léopoldville

ca. 1910

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Printed text on recto reads: "16 Congo Belge; Port de Matadi. Station du chemin de fer Matadi-Léopoldville. / Belgisch Congo; Haven van Matadi. Statie van den spoorweg Matadi-Leopoldville." Translated caption reads: "16. Belgian Congo; Matadi Port.…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1993-019-0045
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16. Congo Employés du commerce portugais à Matadi

ca. 1910

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Printed caption on recto reads: "16. Congo. Employés du commerce portugais à Matadi." Translated postcard caption reads: "16. Congo. Portugese trade employees at Matadi.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1503
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16. Congo Français Missionnaire libérant des esclaves amarrés, à Saint-Louis de l'Oubanghi

[ca. 1910]

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Printed caption on recto reads: "16. Congo Français; Missionnaire libérant des esclaves amarrés, à Saint-Louis de l'Oubanghi." Translated caption reads: "16. French Congo; Missionary liberating tied up slaves, in St. Louis of the Ubangi.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 1985-140754
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Historical photographs & documents

166 – 615

Mar. 1865

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Cataloged as “166 – 615”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, Item 3.23.1.2
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Time-based Media - Moving Images

16mm b-roll of “Karate Meets Jazz” segment aired on Black Journal

September 11, 1968

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B-roll film of a segment of "Episode 4" of Black Journal, the National Education Television (NET) television program. It consists of a 16mm acetate film strip (2012.79.1.87.1a) with perforations running along one edge, frames in the middle and a bi-lateral…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.79.1.87.1ac
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16th-Century Portugese Bridge Near Blue Nile Falls, Ethiopia

1998

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Notes on slide read: "16th-Century Portugese Bridge Near Blue Nile Falls." and "Ethiopia; July, 1998.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.1999-006_ref511
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17. Bouba, Chef de Koundé (Haute-Sanga)

ca. 1910

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Printed text on recto reads: "17 Bouba, Chef de Koundé (Haute-Sanga)." Translated caption reads: "17 Bouba, Koundé Chief (Haute-Sanga).".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CX 2011-001-0458
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17. Congo Belge La rive du Congo en face de Ponthierville

ca. 1919

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Translated postcard caption reads, "Belgian Congo. The bank of the Congo River facing Ponthierville." Printed postage stamp on verso. Manuscript message and address on verso. Postmark on verso. Items EEPA CG-07-46 and CG-07-45 bear duplicate recto images.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0704
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

1704 Fuller Street N. W. Washington D. C. Chess Players

June, 1980

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A black-and-white photograph of two men sitting on a brick wall playing chess. The man on the right is leaning forward, over the chess board, on his left elbow. A third man is looking between the leaning man's arm. The man on the left is laughing. Two…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.15.208
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Photographs and Still Images

178th St at Vyse Ave, S Bronx, Oct 1994

October 1994

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A color photograph of Vyse Avenue at 178th Street in the Bronx, New York. The photograph features a set of new row homes. The row homes are gray and have blue awnings over the front doors. Cars are parked in front of the row homes. The back of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.208.2.9
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Historical photographs & documents

179 – 585

1871

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Cataloged as “179 – 585”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, Item 2.1.13.3
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

17th Year Afro-American's Travel Guide

1957

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A yellow and black 36-page travel pamphlet, 17th Year Afro-American's Travel Guide, published by The African-American Newspaper (The Afro), 9 May 1942. This annual guidebook was published by the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper, competing with the famous…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.26.19
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18 Congo Belge. Baie de Mobimbi Cratère immergé dans le lac Kivu

ca. 1910

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Translated postcard caption reads, "18 Belgian Congo. Bay of Mobimbi. Submerged crater in lake Kivu." Printed text on recto reads: "18 Congo Belge / Baie de Mobimbi. Cratère immergé dans le lac Kivu / Belgisch Congo / Baai van Mobimbi. Krater in het meer…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0830
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18. Congo Français Chapelle de la Mission de Sainte-Radegonde, dans l'Alima

[ca. 1900]

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Printed caption on recto reads: "18. Congo Français. - Chapelle de la Mission de Sainte-Radegonde, dans l'Alima." Translated caption reads: "18. French Congo. - Chapel of the Sainte-Radegonde Mission, on the Alima [river]." Postmarked postage stamp on recto.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 1985-140623
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18. Congo Porteurs d'ivoire

ca. 1904

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Printed caption on recto reads: "18. Congo. Porteurs d'ivoire." Translated postcard caption reads: "18. Congo. Ivory porters." Manuscript message on recto, date reads: "13-10-04." Postmarks and manuscript address on verso.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1280
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

#184: "Revelations" group with Judith Jamison for Dance Magazine with solos of Aubrey Lynch II — Color Transparencies

1992

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Cataloged as “#184: "Revelations" group with Judith Jamison for Dance Magazine with solos of Aubrey Lynch II” (Negatives).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.245_ref381
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Archival documents & files

#186: "The River" season poster of Leonard Meek and Brochure photos of Robinson, Desmond Richardson, & Aubrey Lynch II — Color Transparencies

1992

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Cataloged as “#186: "The River" season poster of Leonard Meek and Brochure photos of Robinson, Desmond Richardson, & Aubrey Lynch II” (Negatives).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.245_ref382
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

188 (13641) Cowboys, Bronco Corral and Camps, Montana.

ca. 1905

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A Keystone View Company lantern slide titled “188 (13641) Cowboys, Bronco Corral and Camps, Montana.” The slide depicts of a man on a horse in a brush filled field in front of a corral of horses. The man in the left foreground is seated on a white horse.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.36.23
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19. Bouba, Chef de Koundé et ses femmes (Haute-Sanga)

ca. 1910

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Printed text on recto reads: "19 Bouba, Chef de Koundé et ses femmes (Haute-Sanga)." Translated caption reads: "19 Bouba, Koundé Chief and his wives (Haute-Sanga).".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CX 2011-001-0459
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19. Congo Belge Emballage de poisson sec dans le Mayumbe

ca. 1910

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Printed caption on recto reads: "19. Congo Belge ; Emballage de poisson sec dans le Mayumbe / Belgisch Congo; Verpakking van droge visch in Mayumbe." Translated postcard caption reads: "19. Belgian Congo. The wrapping of dried fish in the Mayumbe." Postage…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1993-019-0046
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19. Tam-Tam au Kivu

ca. 1910

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Printed text on recto reads: "19. Tam-Tam au Kivu." Translated postcard caption reads, " Tam-Tam at Kivu." Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "Chers grandpere oncle et tante, nous vous envoyons nos meilleurs baisers a tous, esperons…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0929
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

19099 -- Colored Boys Awaiting Dinner Call -- Engineers of the Signal Corps Lining Up for Mess, National Army

1914-1916

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

An undated stereograph produced by the Keystone View Company of an outdoor military scene titled: "19099 -- Colored Boys Awaiting Dinner Call -- Engineers of the Signal Corps Lining Up for Mess, National Army", below image. The stereograph is rectangular…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.155.191
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stereographs

19118: Uncle Sam Provides for Comfort of His Soldiers. Colored Troops En Route to France Taking Train Rest at Railway Division Point

ca. 1917

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A black-and-white stereograph print depicting African American military troops standing in formation. A sign can be seen in the background of the image reads, [THIS IS /UNEXCELLED OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED MANUFACTURERS / FOR BUILDING SITES - Chamber of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.171.1
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