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ca. 1933
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGTwelve (12) Noritake saucers, pattern N1323 (ca. 1933), from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. Each saucer has a white, round well at the bottom of the saucer, surrounded by a wide cream band that runs around the lip of the saucer. The lip is also decorated with…
ca. 1933
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSix (6) Noritake soup bowls, pattern N1323 (ca. 1933), from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. Each bowl has a white, round well at the bottom of the bowl, surrounded by a wide cream band that runs around the lip of the plate. The lip is also decorated with four…
ca. 1933
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGNine (9) Noritake tea cups, pattern N1323 (ca. 1933), from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. Each cup has a white interior. The interior top edges of the cups have a thin, green scalloped band with yellow triangles. The exterior surfaces of the cups are cream…
1925–2014
Charles Lomba "China" Valles (November 5, 1925 – December 17, 2014) was an American jazz radio broadcaster.
Biography
Chinasa T. Okolo is the Founder and Scientific Director of Technecultura and a consultant for the United Nations and the World Bank. She works on governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Biography
Chinaza Uche is a Scottish-born actor based in the United States. He is known for his series regular role in the Apple TV series Dickinson and Silo. He was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA for Best Actor in a Film for his performance in the film A Good…
2000-10-23
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Chinese buildings on fire".
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Howard Earl Bailey Jr. (born March 9, 1980), better known by his stage name Chingy, is an American rapper. Based in St.
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Derek Keith Barbosa (April 8, 1974 – July 28, 2024), better known by his stage name Chino XL, was an American rapper and actor. He was known for his evocative wordplay and for warring with Tupac Shakur. He recorded 8 solo studio albums and 2 extended plays.
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Chinonye Chukwu ( CHEE-noh-yə CHOO-koo; born May 19, 1985) is a Nigerian-American film director best known for the drama films Clemency and Till. She is the first black woman to win the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
Biography
Chinonyerem Odimba is a British playwright, director and Artistic Director. She was born in Umuahia, Nigeria in 1974, and moved to London aged seven. Odimba is best known for her play Wild is De Wind (long-listed for the Bruntwood Award in 2015) and…
1930–2013
Achebe’s fiction centered African voices and examined colonialism, cultural change and political responsibility.
1952–2012
Chinwe Ifeoma Chukwuogo-Roy MBE (2 May 1952 − 17 December 2012) was a visual artist who was born in Awka (Oka), Anambra State, Nigeria, but spent much of her young life in Ikom on the Cameroon border, before moving back to the family home at Umubele in…
1983–2015
Lionel Du Fon Pickens (December 4, 1983 – May 17, 2015), professionally known as Chinx (formerly Chinx Drugz), was an American rapper. He was a member of The Rockaway Riot Squad alongside fellow slain rapper Stack Bundles. Chinx later joined French…
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Derek Pinto, known professionally as Chinx (OS), is a British rapper from Camden Town, London. He is a member of the UK drill collective group known as OS, also known as 1Side, who are based in the Regent's Park Estate within Camden Town. He first released…
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Chinyelu Bessum Asher (born 20 May 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in the United States, she represents Jamaica internationally.
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Chioma Nisa Igwe (born July 21, 1986) is an American former soccer midfielder. The San Mateo, California native is a former member of the United States U-20 women's national soccer team. From the 2011/12 until 2014/15 she played in the German Bundesliga…
Biography
Chioma Nnadi (, born 1980 or 1981 in London) is a British fashion editor. She is head of editorial content of British Vogue as of 9 October 2023.
Biography
Chioma Okereke is a Nigerian-born poet, author and short story writer. Her debut novel, Bitter Leaf (2010), was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize – Africa Best First Book 2011.
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Chioma Grace Ubogagu (born 10 September 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for USL Super League club Dallas Trinity. A former United States youth international, she represented England at senior level. She previously played…
1951–
Laverne Bernard (born August 5, 1951), better known by her stage name Chip Fields or Chip Hurd, is an American actress, singer, television director, dialogue coach, and producer who has appeared in popular films, television series, and Broadway theatre.…
1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Chip Hay and Allen Amy with an Akpele Masquerader at an Otsa festival, Ugbekpe, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Chip Hay talking with Dauda who is holding his son, Ugbekpe, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Chip Hay with an Akpele Masquerader at an Otsa festival, Ugbekpe, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
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