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1965-1966
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “City of New York Tax Collection Forms”.
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “City park, Johannesburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “City regulation signs on the grounds of the Natural History Museum, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe” (Slides (photographs)).
July 2002
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “CityView Newspaper” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).
n.d.
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Civic Engagement & Young Adults” (Text).
ca. 1957
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA crowd of people face away from the camera towards the Lincoln Memorial in the background. In the foreground, more people sit on the steps facing the camera.
February 8, 1964; scanned 2010
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of a Civil Rights march blocking traffic on Franklin Street as marchers weave back and forth through the main business district.
1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA satirical illustrated card about the Civil Rights Act of 1866, titled "Civil Rights! Miscegenation Allowed by Congress, Despite the Veto of the President". The illustration shows a white bride and a caricatured Black groom appearing before a minister.…
1874
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA fourteen-page pamphlet of a speech by Representative Hon. Alonzo J. Ransier, of South Carolina. It is a narrow rectangular bound pamphlet of off-white paper with black printed text. The cover text reads [Civil Rights. / SPEECH / of/ HON. ALONZO J.…
April 12, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color digital photograph capturing children huddled under a Confederate "Stars and Bars" flag near the edge of a dock in Battery in downtown Charleston, South Carolina during twilight. Four white stars against the blue canton are captured, with four…
ca. 1860
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA metal Union belt buckle. The metal buckle is oval shaped with the raised lettering on the front that reads [US]. There are three hooks on the back. Any backmarks that may have existed were worn away by the elements.
circa 1863
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOne half of a U.S. Military issued tent owned by G.T. Garrison. The tent is a flat, nearly square piece of cotton cloth. Along the two sides and the upper edge there are button holes, above each of these notches are white circular bone buttons sewn to the…
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Paul Christopher Abrams Jr. (born October 3, 2000) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022 with the San Diego Padres.
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Carlos Joaquim Antunes dos Santos (Portuguese: [ˈkaɾ.luʒ ʒu.ɐ.ˈkĩ ɐ̃.ˈtu.nɨʒ duʃ ˈsɐ̃.tuʃ]; born 24 August 2000), known as CJ dos Santos, is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club San Diego FC. Born in the United…
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Chaine St. Aubin Downer Jr. (born July 6, 1993), better known by his stage name CJ Fly, is an American rapper and producer from Brooklyn, New York City.
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CJ Jones (born September 29, 1950) is an American actor. He is one of the subjects of See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary (2009). Jones made his feature film debut with Edgar Wright's Baby Driver (2017), in which he portrays Joseph, the…
1938–
Claibourne Smith (born January 6, 1938) is an African American chemist. He worked at DuPont and served on the Board of Trustees of Delaware State University and on the Delaware State Board of Education. He was acting president of Delaware State University…
November 23, 1864
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis preprinted and handwritten form records the successful claim against the Confederate state of South Carolina for the death of an impressed enslaved man named Dick from dysentery on October, 26, 1862. Samuel Jordan, who enslaved Dick, was rewarded…
1941
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Los Angeles Local 767 Music Union claim sheet form for unpaid salary for performances at Los Angeles' Mayan Theater in July of 1941 filed by musicians against Duke Ellington's "Jump for Joy, Inc.". The single sheet form is partially printed with…
1941
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Los Angeles Local 767 Music Union claim sheet form for unpaid salary for performances at Los Angeles' Mayan Theater in July of 1941 filed by musicians against Duke Ellington's "Jump for Joy, Inc.". The single sheet form is partially printed with…
Aug. 1863–Jan. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Claims for Bounty and Back Pay”.
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound claims for bounty and back pay, August 1863–January 1868, are arranged chronologically.
1921-1924
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGLetters discussing missionary work by the Methodist Episcopal Church in Monrovia, Liberia.
1957–
Claire Hartfield (born July 3, 1957) is an American writer of history-inspired novels, best known for her Coretta Scott King Award-winning non-fiction novel A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919.
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