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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Constructing tents - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

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This image depicts a group of individuals erecting a series of temporary shelters in Resurrection City on the National Mall. Thirteen individuals are assisting each other in laying wood floors and constructing wooden supports for the shelters. There are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.116.44
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

[Construction: beam lifting]

ca. 1912

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Postmark, manuscript message and address on verso.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1308
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Construction flag person

1978

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A black-and-white photograph of a female construction worker wearing a hard hat and holding a flag in her right hand. The flag is pointed towards the street while her left hand is raised and gesturing. A man walking on a sidewalk in front of a store window…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.15.391
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Construction in town, Genadendal (South Africa)

1960

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Cataloged as “Construction in town, Genadendal (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065192
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Historical photographs & visual records

Construction near Muir Street Musjid Mosque, Cape Town (South Africa)

1988

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Cataloged as “Construction near Muir Street Musjid Mosque, Cape Town (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067224
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Historical photographs & visual records

Construction of Namirembe cathedral, Kampala

1910-09-23

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Cataloged as “Construction of Namirembe cathedral, Kampala” (Photographic prints).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2000-005, Item EEPA.2000-005-0016
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Historical photographs & visual records

Construction of passenger lorry, Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria

1973-11

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Original text on slide reads, "Construction of passenger lorry. Note price of wood".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1385
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Construction paper with two photographs of performing female dancers

1950-1953

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Construction paper with two silver gelatin prints depicting two (2) black-and-white images of female dancers performing on stage at Club 845 and The Rose Room. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the paper. 2014.46.25.188a: A silver gelatin…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.188ab
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Historical photographs & visual records

Construction scaffolding, Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia

2010-10-05

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Original Carousel 25, slide 22.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3106
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Historical photographs & visual records

Construction scaffolding on a building in the Old Town of Massawa, Eritrea

1994

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Cataloged as “Construction scaffolding on a building in the Old Town of Massawa, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0132
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Historical photographs & visual records

Construction sign, Johannesburg (South Africa)

1988

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Cataloged as “Construction sign, Johannesburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067008
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Historical photographs & visual records

Construction Site, Osogbo, Western State, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Construction Site, Osogbo, Western State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0917
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Construction Site Photographs of NMAAHC by Phil Freelon, c. 2012-2015 — Series 2: Photographs, 1998; undated

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Construction Site Photographs of NMAAHC by Phil Freelon, c. 2012-2015” (Photographs).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2017.51_ref54
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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Consuelo Bland Marshall

1936–

Consuelo Bland Marshall (born September 28, 1936) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

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BIOGRAPHY
Medicine & Health

Consuelo Clark-Stewart

Biography

Consuelo Clark-Stewart (July 22, 1860 – April 17, 1910) was an American physician and the first African American woman to practice medicine in Ohio. For twenty years, Clark-Stewart ran a thriving medical practice in Youngstown, Ohio, where she treated both…

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BIOGRAPHY
Medicine & Health

Consuelo H. Wilkins

Biography

Consuelo H. Wilkins is an American physician, biomedical researcher, and health equity expert. She is Senior Vice President and Senior Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is a professor of…

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BIOGRAPHY
Science & Inventions

Consuelo Milner

1927–2020

Consuelo "Connie" Stokes Milner (May 30, 1927 – September 4, 2020) was an American engineer, cryptographer, and educator.

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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Consulate garden, Opobo

ca. 1890s

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

Original caption reads "Consulate garden, Opobo.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0133
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Consulate houses, Old Calabar

ca. 1890s

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Original caption reads "Consulate houses. O. Calabar.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0147
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Historical photographs & visual records

Consultation using kolanuts and ebi

1982-08-08

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Igbefa (Ifa Adagba), six Ifa priests cast Ifa at Palace for Oba; Consultation using kolanuts and ebi; Chief Odoode; Babalawo.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2707
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Historical photographs & visual records

Consultation using kolanuts and ebi, palace of Orangun of Ila

1982-08-08

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Igbefa (Ifa Adagba), six Ifa priests cast Ifa at Palace for Oba; Consultation using kolanuts and ebi; Chief Odoode; Babalawo. "Ifa divination rite at the palace of Orangun of Ila. The priest hols the sixteen sacred palm nuts of Ifa in his left hand as he…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2711b
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Time-based Media - Audio

Contact

1985

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

An audio cassette of Pointer Sisters "Contact" (1985). 2015.263.3a: An audio cassette tape. The cassette is white plastic with black type on each side. Both sides have headers reading: [Pointer Sisters – Contact / twist My Arm • Hey You • Pound, Pound, /…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.263.3abc
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