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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and a woman in African textiles

ca. 1960

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This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and a woman in traditional African clothing. The image depicts Etta Moten Barnett wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a brooch at the neckline and a grey straight skirt. She is standing next…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.35.1
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and a woman in African textiles

ca. 1960

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This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and a woman in traditional African clothing. The image depicts Etta Moten Barnett wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a brooch at the neckline and a grey straight skirt. She is standing next…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.35.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and her daughter in a wedding dress

ca. 1955

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This is a black and white photograph by DuBois of Etta Moten Barnett and her daughter, Sue Barnett, in her wedding dress. Her daughter stands on the left side of the photograph in a quarter turn. She wears a long white dress with long sleeves and a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.32
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and her husband Claude A. Barnett

ca. 1960

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This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and her husband Claude A. Barnett. They are seated next to each other in a highly decorated room. Etta Moten Barnett sits on a cream-colored wide chair, wearing a knee length black dress with short…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.37
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and Vice President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon

1957

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This is a black and white group portrait of Etta Moten Barnett, her husband Claude Barnett, and then Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon. Standing on the proper left side is Richard Nixon wearing a black suit over a white button down shirt…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.108
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett at Africa exhibit at The Field Museum

April 1974

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This is a color photograph of Etta Moten Barnett with three other individuals. She stands in a row with two women and a man. Etta Moten Barnett stands on the far left wearing a high-necked, long sleeved white and purple tie dye dress. The dress has a white…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.22
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett behind a collection of carved ivory

ca. 1960

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This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett seated behind a collection of carved ivory displayed on a low table. Seated sideways to the table, she twists her torso to the right to face the viewer. Wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.35.7
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett by Carl Van Vechten

March 16 1934

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This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett by Carl Van Vechten. It depicts Etta Moten Barnett from the back, shown from the waist up. Her head is turned towards her left shoulder and her face is in profile to the viewer. She rests her left…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.84
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett by Scurlock

ca. 1930

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This is a black and white portrait of Etta Moten Barnett by the photographer Scurlock. Taken from the shoulders up, she is posed with her back to the camera. She turns and looks over her left shoulder, gazing directly at the viewer. She wears a dress or…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.41
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett gazing at a painting

ca. 1960

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This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett gazing at a painting. Photographed from below, she has a monumental aspect. She is shown from the hips up, wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a brooch at the neckline and a grey straight…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.35.3
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Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett holding a painting of a woman in a headwrap

ca. 1960

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This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett seated, holding a painting of a woman in a headwrap. Wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a brooch at the neckline and a grey straight skirt, she is seated holding the framed painting upright…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.35.6
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett seated next to a collection of baskets

ca. 1960

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This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett seated next to a pile of baskets. Wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a brooch at the neckline and a grey straight skirt, she is seated with her legs tucked underneath her. She is seated on a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.35.4
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett seated surrounded by African drums

ca. 1960

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This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett seated surrounded by six African drums. Wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a brooch at the neckline and a grey straight skirt, she is seated on a stool with traditional African drums of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.35.5
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett with signed note to Claude Barnett

ca. 1925

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This is a black and white portrait of Etta Moten Barnett. She wears a dark sweater with white horizontal stripes and dark and light striped scarf around her neck. She has a grey hat with a narrow brim on her head and a narrow clutch and pair of gloves…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.109
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett with signed note to her husband Claude Barnett

ca. 1935

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This is a black and white portrait of Etta Moten Barnett. She wears a grey dress with long fitted sleeves and a high straight neckline. She is seated in an armchair that is arranged sideways to the audience. Her body is in profile to the viewer, but her…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.110
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Eunice Cook inspecting a jail cell at Centre Avenue police station

June 1949

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A black and white photograph of Eunice Cook inspecting a bed at Centre Avenue police station. Cook is wearing a pencil skirt, matching blazer, and large-brimmed hat. She stands next to a bed and pulls up the sheets from the end of the mattress. The camera…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.34
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Photograph of Fania Davis and Kailyn Bailey

November 16, 2023

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A digital image of social justice activist and civil rights attorney Fania Davis and scholar activist Kailyn Bailey at the office of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, a non-profit organization Davis helped establish. Bailey interviewed Davis for the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.10.6
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Photograph of Fania Davis at the office of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

November 16, 2023

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A digital image of social justice activist and civil rights attorney Fania Davis at the office of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, a non-profit organization she helped establish. The image captures Davis sitting in a crème-colored armchair. She wears…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.10.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Fania Davis at the office of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

November 16, 2023

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A digital image of social justice activist and civil rights attorney Fania Davis at the office of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, a non-profit organization she helped establish. The image captures Davis sitting in a crème-colored armchair. She wears…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.10.3
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Photograph of Fania Davis at the office of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

November 16, 2023

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A digital image of social justice activist and civil rights attorney Fania Davis at the office of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, a non-profit organization she helped establish. The image captures Davis sitting in a crème-colored armchair. She wears…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.10.5
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Photograph of Fania Davis with NMAAHC scholar activists

November 16, 2023

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A digital image of social justice activist and civil rights attorney Fania Davis with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s scholar activists, Natalie Riddick and Kailyn Bailey, at the office of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.10.7
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Photograph of Fania Davis with NMAAHC staff and scholar activists

November 16, 2023

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A digital image of social justice activist and civil rights attorney Fania Davis with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s oral historian, Kelly Elaine Navies, along with two scholar activists, Natalie Riddick and Kailyn Bailey, at the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.10.4
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Photograph of four men participating in the March on Washington

August 28, 1963; printed 2013

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a group of four (4) men participating in the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. All of the men are wearing banded fedoras and suits. Three (3) of the men are seated in the foreground on a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.123.1.20
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photographs

Photograph of four young women practicing first aid

June 14, 1951

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A black-and-white photograph of Frances Albrier teaching first aid to young women in Berkeley, California.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.16
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