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A family standing at the end of a street, Mopti, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “A family standing at the end of a street, Mopti, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2721
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A family standing in a village of landcrete settlement dwellings with asbestos roofs, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A family standing in a village of landcrete settlement dwellings with asbestos roofs, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1644
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A family standing in front of a tent in a camp, outside of Nakfa, Eritrea

2001

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Cataloged as “A family standing in front of a tent in a camp, outside of Nakfa, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1855
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A family walking on a road outside of Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A family walking on a road outside of Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1457
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A family with a broken-down car on a road near Louga, Senegal

1993

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Cataloged as “A family with a broken-down car on a road near Louga, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-006, Item EEPA 1993-060169
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A fresco of the Virgin Mary and Child in Biete Maryam church, Lalibela, Ethiopia

1997

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Cataloged as “A fresco of the Virgin Mary and Child in Biete Maryam church, Lalibela, Ethiopia” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1300
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Photographs and Still Images

A Friend from Long Ago

1981

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of an old friend of Frank Espada, the photographer. The man is seated against a blurred background in an outside area. His body is facing forward but his head is turned to his proper right side,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.53.35
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A friend of Betty LaDuke's dressed for a wedding ceremony at St. Michael's Orthodox Church, Asmara, Eritrea

circa 1997

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Cataloged as “A friend of Betty LaDuke's dressed for a wedding ceremony at St. Michael's Orthodox Church, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1184
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A friend of Betty LaDuke's sitting in the landscape near Biete Gabriel Raphael church, Lalibela, Ethiopia

1997

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Cataloged as “A friend of Betty LaDuke's sitting in the landscape near Biete Gabriel Raphael church, Lalibela, Ethiopia” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1329
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A friend of Betty LaDuke's standing next to a man in a rock hewn entryway near Biete Gabriel Raphael church, Lalibela, Ethiopia

1997

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Cataloged as “A friend of Betty LaDuke's standing next to a man in a rock hewn entryway near Biete Gabriel Raphael church, Lalibela, Ethiopia” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1332
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A girl cleaning her family's compound

1978

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Donor notes read: "A girl cleaning her family's compound. Taken Oct.- Nov. 1978 during P.C. Agriculture Training at Mabonto. The date on the slide is FEB 79.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1341
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A girl cooking rice

1978

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Donor notes read: "A girl cooking rice. Taken Nov. 1978 during P.C. Agriculture Training at Mabonto. The date on the slide is FEB 79.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1371
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A girl making "groundnut" paste

1978

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Donor notes read: "A girl making "groundnut" paste. Taken Oct.- Nov. 1978 during P.C. Agriculture Training at Mabonto. The date on the slide is FEB 79.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1338
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A girl pounding rice

1978

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Donor notes read: "A girl pounding rice. Taken Oct.- Nov. 1978 during P.C. Agriculture Training at Mabonto. The date on the slide is FEB 79.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1340
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A glass painter working at a workshop in the back of his family's store, Dakar, Senegal

October 1990

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Cataloged as “A glass painter working at a workshop in the back of his family's store, Dakar, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1991-002, Item EEPA 1991-020059
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Music

A. Grace Lee Mims

1930–2019

A. Grace Lee Mims (July 17, 1930 – October 3, 2019) was an African-American singer, radio personality and leading member of the arts community in Cleveland, Ohio best known for her 43 years as a radio host and producer on the classical radio station WCLV.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

A Grandmother with Baby

1981

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a grandmother holding a baby outside of a home in Puerto Rico. The grandmother is wearing a light-colored shirt with a towel draped over her proper left shoulder. She is holding the baby close to…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.53.10
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A Great Sunday

1959

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A black-and-white photograph of a large crowd of men standing at then entrance and in front of the 369th Regiment Armory at 2366 Fifth Avenue in Harlem. The arch over the armory door reads "369TH INFANTRY N.Y. N.G." Many of the men wear light shirts and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.147.1
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A grieving friend at the funeral

1982; printed 2007

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This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a mourner at Lavenia Robinson's funeral. The woman is wearing a dark-colored coat and hat. Her head is tilted to her right side and she is looking down. There are no inscriptions, front or back.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.310.54
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A guest at a wedding at St. Michael's Orthodox Church, Asmara, Eritrea

circa 1997

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Cataloged as “A guest at a wedding at St. Michael's Orthodox Church, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1178
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A hand-tinted photograph of a smiling boy in suspenders and saddle shoes

1950s

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A silver gelatin print hand-tinted with watercolors. A large wooden bench tilts through the entire middle width of the frame. The boy sits on this bench with his right leg pulled close to his torso and held in place with his right hand resting on his right…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.2.7
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photographic prints

A hand-tinted photograph of a woman in a pink dress

1950s

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A silver gelatin print hand-tinted with watercolors. The image is of a seated woman wearing a pink dress with a full skirt.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.2.9
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A hand-tinted portrait of a girl in a yellow dress

1950s

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A silver gelatin print hand-tinted with watercolors. The girl sits just left of the center of the frame on a wooden floor. Her dress is tinted yellow and there is a bow tied in her hair. Floral curtains hang in the background.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.2.6
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A Hausa boy wearing a hat and watching another boy construct small clay pots at a clayworks in Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A Hausa boy wearing a hat and watching another boy construct small clay pots at a clayworks in Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1707
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