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Child playing at table in Afrikaner camp, Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)

1947

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Cataloged as “Child playing at table in Afrikaner camp, Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063609
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Child playing near school bell, Kalahari Desert, Botswana

1947

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Cataloged as “Child playing near school bell, Kalahari Desert, Botswana” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068027
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Child playing on rocks, Mafikeng (South Africa)

1983

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Cataloged as “Child playing on rocks, Mafikeng (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066297
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Child reading book near school bell, Kalahari Desert, Botswana

1947

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Cataloged as “Child reading book near school bell, Kalahari Desert, Botswana” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068031
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Child reading, Kalahari Desert, Botswana

1947

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Cataloged as “Child reading, Kalahari Desert, Botswana” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067978
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Child returning home to his house in Tombouctou, Mali

1969

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Cataloged as “Child returning home to his house in Tombouctou, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0698
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Child's Garment — Series 9: Textiles

circa 1930s

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Child's garment, white. 14 7/8 x 20 1/2 in.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref828
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Child's green gingham dress and pink pinafore

1960-1970

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A child’s (a) green gingham dress and (b) pink pinafore. The cotton blend dress features a white and green gingham pattern with hand painted acrylic pink roses. The roses are arranged around the fabric in groups of one to four and are surrounded by piled…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.642ab
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Child's hat attributed to Benjamin Sheppard

1860-1865

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A child's coiled-grass hat made of rush, cotton string and John's island reed by Benjamin Sheppard. The rush and reed fibers have been coiled and sewn together with cotton string to form a circular hat with a flat, slightly uneven crown and flat, circular…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.13
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Child's Portrait, Otsa Festival, Ugbekpe, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Child's Portrait, Otsa Festival, Ugbekpe, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0946
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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Child's tête en l'air from Saint Lucia made by Audrey Augustin

2015

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This child-sized tête en l'air from Saint Lucia made by Audrey Augustin is formed from a Madras plaid in red, orange, and white. The cotton plaid is formed with two wide, stacked bands around the head and a relatively smooth crown pulled to the center back…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.152.3
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Child seated in doorway, Ha Lepatoa (Butha Buthae) district, Lesotho

1970-1975

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Cataloged as “Child seated in doorway, Ha Lepatoa (Butha Buthae) district, Lesotho” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2018-003, Item EEPA 2018-003-0541
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Child Selling Dates Sudan

1985

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Child selling dates, town near the Nile, Sudan.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-012, Item Nooter #132
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Child sitting in entrance of painted house, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Child sitting in entrance of painted house, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0227
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Child sitting in front of a bread oven on streets of Tombouctou, Mali

1967-1970

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Cataloged as “Child sitting in front of a bread oven on streets of Tombouctou, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0759
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Child sitting in front of a bread oven on the street, Tombouctou, Mali

1968

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Cataloged as “Child sitting in front of a bread oven on the street, Tombouctou, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2972
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Child sitting in front of an open door of a house in Tombouctou, Mali

1967

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Cataloged as “Child sitting in front of an open door of a house in Tombouctou, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0753
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Child sitting in front of church, Cape Town (South Africa)

1988

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Cataloged as “Child sitting in front of church, Cape Town (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067121
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Child sitting near houses, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

2003-09-01

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Original Carousel 17, slide 92.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2142
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Child sitting on ground, Ha Lepatoa (Butha Buthae) district, Lesotho

1970-1975

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Cataloged as “Child sitting on ground, Ha Lepatoa (Butha Buthae) district, Lesotho” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2018-003, Item EEPA 2018-003-0538
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Child sitting on old city wall in Djenné, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Child sitting on old city wall in Djenné, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1073
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Accessories and Personal Effects

Child-sized "Get In Good Trouble" face mask by The #BLAIRISMS

December 15, 2020

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A child-sized "Get In Good Trouble" face mask designed by The #BLAIRISMS. This object is comprised of a cloth mask (a) and a removable filter (b). These cloth masks were developed in response to mass demand for facial coverings during the Covid-19…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.18.3ab
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Accessories and Personal Effects

Child-sized "Get In Good Trouble" face mask by The #BLAIRISMS

December 15, 2020

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A child-sized "Get In Good Trouble" face mask designed by The #BLAIRISMS. This object is comprised of a cloth mask (a) and a removable filter (b). These cloth masks were developed in response to mass demand for facial coverings during the Covid-19…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.18.4ab
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Child standing by polychrome bas-reliefs from the outside walls of the palaces of King Gezu and King Glele, Abomey, Dahomey Kingdom, Benin

1937

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Cataloged as “Child standing by polychrome bas-reliefs from the outside walls of the palaces of King Gezu and King Glele, Abomey, Dahomey Kingdom, Benin” (Negatives; Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0017
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