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A – G — Entered in Register 2

Aug. 1866–June 1867

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Cataloged as “A – G”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M798, File 4.2.1
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A – G — Entered in Register 3

Oct. 1865–Dec. 1866

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Cataloged as “A – G”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M869, File 4.2.1
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A – G — Entered in Registers 6 and 7

Oct. 1867–Jan. 1869

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Cataloged as “A – G”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M869, File 4.4.1
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A – G — Entered in Volume 3

Jan.–Aug. 1867

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Cataloged as “A – G”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M826, File 4.3.1
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A – G — Entered in Volume 5

Jan. 1868–May 1869

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Cataloged as “A – G”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M826, File 4.5.1
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Business & Enterprise

A. G. Gaston

1892–1996

Arthur George Gaston (July 4, 1892 – January 19, 1996) was an American entrepreneur who established businesses in Birmingham, Alabama. He had a significant role in the movement to remove legal barriers to integration in Birmingham in 1963. In his lifetime,…

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Biography & Culture

A. G. W. Sango

Biography

A. G. W. Sango (born 1868) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and school founder in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He was one of Muskogee's most prominent African-American leaders.

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A game board (itse) dug in the ground at Otaru's compound, Ogute, Nigeria

1973

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Cataloged as “A game board (itse) dug in the ground at Otaru's compound, Ogute, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5845
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A gate to the palace compound of Bakaffa, Gondar, Ethiopia

circa 1973

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Cataloged as “A gate to the palace compound of Bakaffa, Gondar, Ethiopia” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-013, Item EEPA 2013-013-0107
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

A Gathering of Men

October 16, 1995

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This black-and-white photograph depicts a section of the crowd at the Million Man March. In the foreground, a man, in profile to the viewer, gazes straight ahead. He wears a jacket and a baseball cap with a small sign on the side that reads "MILLION MAN /…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.22
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A general view of Jebba in Northern Nigeria showing the railway bridge across the Niger. (I.B. #257)

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “A general view of Jebba in Northern Nigeria showing the railway bridge across the Niger. (I.B. #257)” (Photographs [32056000110175]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2008-009, Item EEPA.2008-009-0325
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A generator operator, Afokpella, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “A generator operator, Afokpella, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-6531
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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 gathering hay in a war zone, Geleba, Eritrea

1998

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Cataloged as “A girl gathering hay in a war zone, Geleba, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1557
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A girl loading bundles of hay on to a donkey in a war zone, Geleba, Eritrea

1998

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Cataloged as “A girl loading bundles of hay on to a donkey in a war zone, Geleba, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1541
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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 girl pounding rice, Falaba

1980

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Donor notes read: "A picture of a Limba girl at Bafodia that has [been] circumcised but not yet "washed". Notice her dress and body scarification. Taken on a trip to visit Simon Ottenberg in Bafodia, April 26-27, 1980. The date on the slide is JUL 80.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-2028
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A girl with a colorful umbrella on the beach, Massawa, Eritrea

2002

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Cataloged as “A girl with a colorful umbrella on the beach, Massawa, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1968
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A girl with scarification

1979

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Donor notes read: "A girl with scarification; a small Limba village near Lago;the scarification at this village was done with a piece of broken glass; the girl had a similar design on her back (this shot is overexposed but you can make out the pattern).…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1597
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A girls group at an Okakagbe Masquerade performance, Jattu, Nigeria

1973

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Cataloged as “A girls group at an Okakagbe Masquerade performance, Jattu, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5877
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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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A glass painting by Djiberi Ndoye, Gorée, Senegal

October 1990

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Cataloged as “A glass painting by Djiberi Ndoye, Gorée, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1991-002, Item EEPA 1991-020154
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