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Loading image… MUSEUM OBJECT Tools and Equipment late 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG A PING 8 iron used by Ethel Funches. The shaft is silver in color and is made out of metal. There is a black rubber grip at the top. The grip has short grey diagonal lines going in both directions all around it. In the center there is a line drawing of an…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Catalog 2015.249.4.9
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. MUSEUM OBJECT black-and-white photographs February 16, 2009; printed 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG A black-and-white photograph of the exterior of the Capital Pool Checkers Club on S Street. The club is next door to Townes Groceries. The print is inscribed on the back.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Catalog 2012.41.52
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG A Bamana hunter-griot (bard) performing a dance in Narena, Mali. February of 1995.
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog sova.eepa.1998-003_ref564
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A Bambara family having tea in their home, Tombouctou, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2990
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. MUSEUM OBJECT Slavery and Freedom Objects 1805-1818
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG A manuscript booklet with sewn binding consisting of eight (8) sheets of paper folded to form sixteen (16) pages. The cover page bears the title: [A Book to / Record the age of Children / that are Born of Slaves in / for the Year 1806 / For the Town of /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Catalog 2013.46.4
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A "Bowler Hat" Masquerader at an Igugu festival display for Ogbemudia, Otuo, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5751
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. MUSEUM OBJECT Photographs and Still Images 1976; printed 2005
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG This image depicts a young boy, Damon Mitchell, standing on sidewalk in front a movie ticket box office. He leans with his left arm against a wooden barricade. Wearing sunglasses, a track suit and white sneakers, he holds a small drink carton in his left…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Catalog 2013.197.12
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1993
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A busy street in front of the Roman Catholic Church, Saint-Louis-en-l'Île, Saint -Louis, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.1993-006, Item EEPA 1993-060105
Explore record → Loading image… BIOGRAPHY Medicine & Health 1879–1921
A.C. Jackson (February , 1879-June 1, 1921) was an African American surgeon who was murdered during the Tulsa race massacre in 1921 and is known as the most prominent victim of the massacre. Jackson was a leading member of the Oklahoma medical community…
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Read biography → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records October 1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A church, Gorée, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.1991-002, Item EEPA 1991-020120
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1967-1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A colleague from the United Nations Development Programme wearing a fur hat, Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0112
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. MUSEUM OBJECT Photographs and Still Images 1979; printed 2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a collection of family memorabilia above a piano. The fallboard is closed over the keys of the piano and a lace doily is placed in the center. Several framed photographs and an obituary are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Catalog 2014.310.11
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1997
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A column in Biete Maryam church, Lalibela, Ethiopia” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1302
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1993
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A community transportation bus driving down a street, Saint -Louis, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.1993-006, Item EEPA 1993-060149
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1990s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A cross on the roof of a church, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0978
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A diorama of a woman and child outside of their home, displayed in the Livingstone Museum, Livingstone, Zambia” (Slides (photographs)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.1995-002, Item EEPA 1995-020341
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A Dorze textile, Ethiopia” (Slides (photographs)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2013-013, Item EEPA 2013-013-0062
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A family and one of the women is holding Angus in the MCC compound, Afokpella, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-6472
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A family eating dinner in their home, Massawa, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0697
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1967-1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A family gathered around a well with a water pump, Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1626
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1998
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A family gathered outside of a Red Cross service building, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1732
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A family of basket weavers at their home, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0809
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1967-1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A family of potters gathered outside of a clayworks in Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1976
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “A family sitting in front of an Ukpisa Shrine, Emokhueme, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-4687
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