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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Couple listening at Free Huey Rally, De Fremery Park, Oakland, CA, No. 15

August 25, 1968; printed 2012

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A black-and-white image of a young African American couple. The woman wears a striped shirt and pearl earrings and the man wears a [Free Black Panther Prisoners] button on his jacket lapel. A white man operates a camera just behind them.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.83.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Couple Living on North Greenwood - Tulsa

ca. 1968

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A sepia toned digital image of a man and a woman smiling. The man is in the foreground of the image and his face is in profile. The woman is in the background of the image and is looking towards the camera. Text below the image reads "1/6/25/68 - COUPLE…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.67.13
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Historical photographs & visual records

Couple, Livingston (Zambia)

1939

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Cataloged as “Couple, Livingston (Zambia)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-064561
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Couple (Man and Woman)

1992

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Cataloged as “Couple (Man and Woman)” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-0387
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Photographs and Still Images

Couple on Beach, Coney Island

1966

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This gelatin silver print depicts a closely-framed portrait of a couple sitting on a bench on the boardwalk overlooking Coney Island Beach. The man wears a dark overcoat and reaches his arm around the shoulders of the woman next to him who wears a white…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.166.4
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Couple on deck of MV Stirling, Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

1936

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Cataloged as “Couple on deck of MV Stirling, Port Elizabeth (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-064210
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Couple on diving board, Livingston (Zambia)

1939

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Cataloged as “Couple on diving board, Livingston (Zambia)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-064562
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Couple outside of car at Kruger National Park, South Africa

1940s

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Cataloged as “Couple outside of car at Kruger National Park, South Africa” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068173
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Couple portrait of an unknown husband and wife, South Africa

1988

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Cataloged as “Couple portrait of an unknown husband and wife, South Africa” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067160
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Couple, Pretoria (South Africa)

1944

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Cataloged as “Couple, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-064973
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Couple reading, Cape Town (South Africa)

1983

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Cataloged as “Couple reading, Cape Town (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066063
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Couple relaxing, Gauteng (South Africa)

1937

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Cataloged as “Couple relaxing, Gauteng (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-064534
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Couple resting at Dougall Hall Boys Club dance, Pretoria (South Africa)

1938

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Cataloged as “Couple resting at Dougall Hall Boys Club dance, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068345
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Couple riding bicycle through residential neighborhood, Swellendam (South Africa)

1988

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Cataloged as “Couple riding bicycle through residential neighborhood, Swellendam (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066961
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Couple smoking pipe outside of car at Kruger National Park, South Africa

1940s

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Cataloged as “Couple smoking pipe outside of car at Kruger National Park, South Africa” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068174
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Couple walking in gardens, Cape Town (South Africa)

1983

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Cataloged as “Couple walking in gardens, Cape Town (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066053
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Couple walking up steps to Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria (South Africa)

1960

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Cataloged as “Couple walking up steps to Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065443
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Couple with boy, outside of Pretoria, South Africa

circa 1979

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Cataloged as “Couple with boy, outside of Pretoria, South Africa” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067478
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Couple with quilts, Cape Town (South Africa)

1983

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Cataloged as “Couple with quilts, Cape Town (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066070
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Cour d'une maison Arabe

circa 1920

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Printed caption on recto reads: "Cour D'Une Maison Arabe." Translated caption reads: "Courtyard of an Arabic home." Printed item number on verso reads: "153.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA KE 2010-001-0199
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MUSEUM OBJECT
gelatin silver prints

Courage

1965; printed 1995

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A black-and-white photograph of a man with one leg marching in front of two American flags and a United Nations flag.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.14.10
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Historical photographs & visual records

Court and "Portuguese" Church, Elmina, Ghana

1986

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Donor notes read: "Elmina Castle and Town; Court and "Portuguese" Church. VanDantzig trip, Jan. 1986. The date on the slide is FEB 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0153
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Court Cases — Donaldsonville (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of court cases, November 1866 (267), is arranged in chronological order and numbered. The volume also contains a "Journal of Business," April 1867–December 1868, arranged chronologically, and a register of rations, June 1866 and July…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.17.10
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Historical photographs & documents

Court Cases Settled

Apr. 1866–Aug. 1867

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Cataloged as “Court Cases Settled”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 5.22.5.1
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