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Historical photographs & documents

Church of God film #20

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Church of God film #20” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170726_CoG_0327_16mm_04
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Historical photographs & documents

Church of God film #21

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Church of God film #21” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170726_CoG_0312_16mm_05
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Historical photographs & documents

Church of God film #22

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Cataloged as “Church of God film #22” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170726_CoG_0309_16mm_06
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Historical photographs & documents

Church of God film #23

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Cataloged as “Church of God film #23” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170802_Church_of_God_0331_16mm_06
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Historical photographs & documents

Church of God film #3

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Cataloged as “Church of God film #3” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170608_CoG_16mm_01
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Historical photographs & documents

Church of God film #4

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Cataloged as “Church of God film #4” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170614_CoG_16mm_02
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Historical photographs & documents

Church of God film #5

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Cataloged as “Church of God film #5” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170614_CoG_0303_16mm_03
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Historical photographs & documents

Church of God film #6

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Church of God film #6” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170614_CoG_0311_16mm_04
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Historical photographs & documents

Church of God film #7

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Church of God film #7” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170614_CoG_0304_16mm_05
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Historical photographs & documents

Church of God film #8

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Church of God film #8” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170614_CoG_0310_16mm_06
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Historical photographs & documents

Church of God film #9

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Church of God film #9” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170719_CoG_0305_16mm_01
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Archival documents & files

Church Of God — Great Migration Home Movie Study Collection

circa 1940 -1970

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The Church of God series features footage of church services, large events in Washington D.C.'s Griffith Stadium, church-related travel, and church-organized parades.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref10
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Historical photographs & visual records

Church of Saint George Ethiopia

[between 1950-1974]

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Rooftop view of the House of Saint George, Beta Giyorgis, in Lalibala, Ethiopia. The chuch is a cruciform structure with three equilateral crosses, one inside of the other, as roof decoration, and rises from a cruciform, triple-stepped platform. The church…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1999-005, Item EEPA 1999-051815-26
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Historical photographs & visual records

Church opposite Cape Coast Castle, Ghana

1986

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Donor notes read: "Church opposite Cape Coast Castle. The date on the slide is MAR 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0314
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Historical photographs & visual records

Church, Owerri, Nigeria

circa 1969-1994

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Cataloged as “Church, Owerri, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-1410
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Church pew from the Twelfth Baptist Church of Boston

mid 19th century

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The bench is varnished with a dark brown paint that is chipped in several places, revealing a lighter, golden brown grained wood underneath. The right panel of the pew is carved with a simple design and consists of one solid piece of wood while the left…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.69
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MUSEUM OBJECT
tickets

Church Queen ticket from the home of H.C. Anderson

mid 20th century

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A small, discolored white card with black printed text reading "Please VOTE / For me to be / CHURCH QUEEN / Sponsored by / KING SOLOMON BAPTIST CHURCH / Rev. H.C. Anderson, Pastor / Vote 10 ¢.".

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.60
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Historical photographs & visual records

Church service, South Africa

circa 1936-circa 1988

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Cataloged as “Church service, South Africa” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067416
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MUSEUM OBJECT
gelatin silver prints

Church Singer

ca. 1937-1940

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Black and white gelatin silver photographic print of a several seated women shown in a row at church. In the center, a woman in light-colored dress and shoes holds a baby on her lap.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.165.35
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Historical photographs & visual records

Church, Soweto (South Africa)

circa 1936-circa 1988

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Cataloged as “Church, Soweto (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067445
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Historical photographs & visual records

Church Square Petoria

ca. 1970

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Original caption reads, "CHURCH SQUARE, PETORIA.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-30-129
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Historical photographs & visual records

Church Street, street sign, Cape Town (South Africa)

1983

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Cataloged as “Church Street, street sign, Cape Town (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066109
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MUSEUM OBJECT
black-and-white photographs

Cigarette Butts on Sidewalk in Front of Club

October 3, 2009; printed 2012

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A black-and-white photograph of a close-up of the sidewalk outside the club on S Street, which is riddled with discarded cigarette butts. The print is inscribed on the back.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.41.48
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Accessories and Personal Effects

Cigarette holder owned by Cab Calloway

early 20th-late 20th century

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A cigarette holder owned by Cab Calloway. The cigarette holder is carved from a single piece of polished ivory colored bone. The shaft of the handle has been carved with two, stacked Asian figures on the top of the holder. The figure near the tip of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2015.273.1.21
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