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Historical photographs & visual records

A Hausa boy wearing a hat standing in the entryway of a clayworks in Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A Hausa boy wearing a hat standing in the entryway of a clayworks in Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1705
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A Hausa family sculpting clay and talking next to their clayworks, Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A Hausa family sculpting clay and talking next to their clayworks, Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0789
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A Hausa man showing visitors his clayworks and introducing them to his family, Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A Hausa man showing visitors his clayworks and introducing them to his family, Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1977
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A Hausa woman holding her child in the entrance of her home, Yauri, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A Hausa woman holding her child in the entrance of her home, Yauri, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0410
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A Hausa woman standing with her children in the doorway of their home, Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A Hausa woman standing with her children in the doorway of their home, Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0917
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A household shrine for Eshu, Ikao, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “A household shrine for Eshu, Ikao, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5348
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A hunter sitting with his family

2000-01-29

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A hunter sitting with his family. Original Carousel number, 9, slide number, 140.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1146
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BIOGRAPHY
Civil Rights & Community

A. J. Smitherman

1883–1961

Andrew Jackson Smitherman (December 1883 - June 1961) was an American lawyer, journalist, and civil rights activist. Smitherman began his journalism career in 1908 in Muskogee, Oklahoma where he wrote for the Muskogee Cimiter before founding the Muskogee…

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Historical photographs & documents

A Journal of the voyage On board Ship Ann Maria...Kept by Edward Graves

1850

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Cataloged as “A Journal of the voyage On board Ship Ann Maria...Kept by Edward Graves” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.17.2_ref128
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A Kamberi family in front of their house, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A Kamberi family in front of their house, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0314
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A Kamberi woman standing in the doorway of her home in a resettlement village, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A Kamberi woman standing in the doorway of her home in a resettlement village, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-2087
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A kitchen within a Peul home, Sévaré, Mali

1966-1973

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Cataloged as “A kitchen within a Peul home, Sévaré, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2882
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Fashion and Historical

A light blue long-sleeve dress worn by Janet Jackson as a child

1970s

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A light blue long-sleeve dress with white embroidery trim and a half ribbon belt on the back. Embroidery flanks decorative buttons from the throat to the waist before cutting at right angles to circle the waist. Embroidery also rings the hem of the dress…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2021.28.7.1.1
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A line drawing of a woman in traditional dress, signed PBH, Nigeria

1971-1979

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Cataloged as “A line drawing of a woman in traditional dress, signed PBH, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-7138
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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

A-line knit dress with crochet cap sleeve by Gene Bailey

1970-1995

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This is a red A-line knit dress with crocheted cap sleeves. It has a V-neckline edged in crochet with small red knots at regular intervals. The sleeves are cap sleeves made in an open loop crochet pattern. The dress is mid-calf length, with a wide flaring…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2018.88.1.7
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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

A-line sleeveless dress with lace cap sleeves by Gene Bailey

1970-1995

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This is a pale blue A-line knit dress with cap sleeves. The cap sleeves are done in a zig-zag crochet pattern in the same blue yarn as the body of the dress. It has a V-neckline edged in crochet. There is a white fabric tag with black text on the inside of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2018.88.1.10
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A local colleague of Jonathan and Aylette Jenness talking at their residence, Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A local colleague of Jonathan and Aylette Jenness talking at their residence, Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0613
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A Maasai tribesman, Tanzania

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “A Maasai tribesman, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0185
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A Maasai warrior, Tanzania

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “A Maasai warrior, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0315
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BIOGRAPHY
Business

A. Maceo Smith

1903–1977

Antonio Maceo Smith (April 16, 1903 – December 19, 1977) was a civil rights leader in Dallas, Texas, whose years of activism with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and other civil rights and community groups led Texans…

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A Malinke man wearing a red hat, Sibi, Mali

1969

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Cataloged as “A Malinke man wearing a red hat, Sibi, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2247
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A man and his family in front of a tent in a camp, outside of Nakfa, Eritrea

2001

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Cataloged as “A man and his family 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 2007-003-1856
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A man displaying embroidered textiles, Asmara, Eritrea

1994

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Cataloged as “A man displaying embroidered textiles, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0404
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