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1986–
Amber Iman is an American actress and singer. She made her Broadway debut in 2013 as Nina Simone in Soul Doctor and appeared in the Broadway musical Shuffle Along in 2016 and in the first national tour of Hamilton. In 2024 she originated the role of…
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Amber McBride is an African-American author, poet, and professor. She is best known for her debut novel-in-verse, Me (Moth), which was nominated for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature and won the John Steptoe New Talent Award.
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Amber Patrice Riley (born February 15, 1986), sometimes known mononymously as Riley (stylized in all caps), is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her portrayal of Mercedes Jones on the Fox comedy-drama series Glee…
1977–
Amber Robles-Gordon (born 1977) is an American mixed media visual artist. She was born in Puerto Rico and resides in Washington, D.C.. Robles-Gordon's work utilizes textile and collage techniques as a primary aesthetic language.
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Amber Mildred Ruffin (born January 9, 1979) is an American comedian, writer and actress. She hosted her own late-night talk show titled The Amber Ruffin Show on Peacock from 2020 to 2022. She has been a writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers since 2014.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGC.I. Coat of Arms [image]; REPUBLIQUE DE COTE D'IVOIRE[,] "Ambiance"; 71166 S; circle [logo]; Reproduction interdite; globe with location of C.I. [image]; Agfacolor [logo]. Photographed by Nourault, J.C., photographer. Published by Edité par la Librairie…
1897
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSheet music for song Ambolena Snow. The front cover of sheet music features an image of a caricatured African American woman in a green dress with a salmon jacket and hat. The woman is holding an umbrella in her proper left hand. Red and black type…
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Ambrose Olusiji Akinmusire ( born May 1, 1982) is an American avant-garde jazz trumpeter and composer.
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Ambrose, Iyeluwa, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1861-1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a an unidentified soldier, depicted from the waist up. He wears a button-down coat and a kepi and holds a rifle against his left shoulder. Image is in a full case lined with blue velvet and has a decorative gold metal frame.
ca. 1855
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis 1/6 plate ambrotype depicts an unidentified man from the waist up. He wears a dark jacket, light shirt, and a dark ribbon tie at the neck. His cheeks have been hand-tinted pink, and a chain hanging from his waist has been tinted gold. The ambrotype is…
ca. 1850
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis 1/6 plate ambrotype, made on ruby-red glass, depicts a man wearing a stiff collar and dark jacket. The ambrotype is housed in an embossed brown leather case with red textile lining and a decorative gold metal frame. The inside of the case bears…
1855-1860
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis 1/9 plate cased ambrotype depicts a white baby being held for the camera by a black man whose shoulder and hands are visible, but is otherwise unseen. The baby's cheeks have been tinted pink. The photograph is in a decorative copper-colored metal oval…
mid-19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sepiatone ambrotype photograph of a woman wearing a striped dress with a hat on her lap, in an ornate copper-colored metal case. The woman's earrings, necklace, and rings have been hand-tinted gold, and her cheeks have been tinted pink.
1855-1860
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGIn this 1/9 plate photograph, a young black woman in a plaid dress with a collar sits with a white baby on her lap. She wears two rings on her right finger. Her earrings, brooch, and rings have been hand-tinted gold, and her and the baby's cheeks have been…
ca. 1855
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis 1/4 plate ambrotype depicts a young black woman holding two white children. The children's cheeks have been hand-tinted pink. The ambrotype is housed in a brown case with faded red textile lining and has a gold metal oval frame with a decorative…
ca. 1860
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGIn black thermoplastic case with brass hinges and a gold medallion decoration and a purple lining is an ambrotype in a brass and paper preserver and mat of an African American woman with a white cap or headscarf in a patterned dress with a white collar and…
ca. 1860
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black-and-white photograph is a three-quarter-length portrait of an unidentified young woman seated with her left elbow resting on a table. The woman wears a striped dress with dropped shoulders and bell sleeves that have a decorative ruffle along the…
ca. 1860
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black-and-white photograph is a portrait of a woman named Ann Hurst Copeland seated in a chair with her left elbow propped on a table. She wears a dark-colored striped silk dress with large bell sleeves and a rounded white collar. Her cheeks are…
early 1860s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Elisa Greenwell (a) accompanied by a handwritten paper note with identifying information (b). In the photograph, Greenwell is seated and faces the camera directly, with her right elbow propped on a table and both hands…
1855-1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Frederick Douglass wearing a jacket, waistcoat, and bowtie. The wet plate ambrotype plates are housed in a folding leather case with tooled gilt oval mat and red velvet lining.
ca. 1860
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black-and-white photograph is a portrait of John H. Copeland seated in a chair with his left elbow propped on a table. He faces straight to the camera and has his right thumb tucked into the opening of his jacket with his fingers in front of the…
1864 - 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAmbrotype of a soldier depicted seated on a wooden chair with one end of a P1853 Enfield musket held by his right hand near his right hip. The musket extends diagonally across his torso, its barrel held near his shoulder in the long fingers of his left…
1850-1870
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of three women seated in a row with their arms linked together at the elbows and their hands placed in their laps right-over-left. All three women wear dresses made from a dark fabric with light-colored polka dots. Each wears a…
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