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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of a Taylor family woman by a lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

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A black-and-white digital image of a Taylor family member posing along the coastline, probably on Martha's Vineyard. In the foreground is a woman standing and facing the camera, wearing a long-sleeved shirt, cropped pants, and hat, and smiling. Behind the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.105
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of a Taylor family woman on a boat on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

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A black-and-white digital image of a Taylor family woman posing on a docked sailboat on Martha's Vineyard. The young woman is leaning back into the bow pulpit, her head turned toward the camera and smiling. She is wearing a light-colored shirt, skirt, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.53
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of a Taylor family woman on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

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A black-and-white digital image of a Taylor family woman on Martha's Vineyard. The young woman is posing next to the railing of a deck or porch of a house, smiling and looking to the proper left. She is wearing a bikini top and a short skirt, with her…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.123
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of a Taylor family woman posing on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

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A black-and-white digital image of a smiling young woman from the Taylor family on Martha's Vineyard. The young woman is standing in the grass at the center of the photograph, posed in front of a flowering bush and a tree, with her left hand raised and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.26
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of a Taylor family woman posing on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

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A black-and-white digital image of a Taylor family woman posing in a yard in Martha's Vineyard. The young woman is sitting on a blanket in the yard, wearing a straw hat, leaning back slightly on her left arm, and facing away from the camera to the proper…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.66
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of a Taylor family woman posing on rocks on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

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A black-and-white digital image of a Taylor family woman posing at the beach on Martha's Vineyard. The young woman is sitting on a large rock, with other large rocks in the foreground. The woman has long hair, is wearing a 2-piece floral print bathing…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.119
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of a woman in front of a boat on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

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A black-and-white digital image of a woman sitting on the dock in front of a motor boat on Martha's Vineyard. The woman is facing to the proper left, and she is wearing a jacket and shorts, with knee socks and shoes, and a light-colored hat and sunglasses.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.43
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of a woman outside the Taylor family home on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

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A black-and-white image of a woman standing outside the Taylor family home on Martha's Vineyard. She is wearing a light-colored blouse with buttons and collar and a light-colored skirt with a belt. Her left arm is out-stretched and touching an evergreen…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.10
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of a woman outside the Taylor family home on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

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A black-and-white image of a smiling woman sitting in a lounge chair outside the Taylor family home on Martha's Vineyard. She is sitting with her legs pulled into the seat with her arms wrapped around her shins.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.12
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of a woman posing at the Taylor family home on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

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A black-and-white digital image of a woman posing in front of the Taylor family home on Martha's Vineyard. The young woman is seated on a large rock at the proper left of the photograph. She is wearing a light-colored top and dark-colored shorts, with her…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.32
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of a young woman with a bicycle on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

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A black-and-white digital image of people posing on the steps of the Taylor family home on Martha's Vineyard. At center is a young woman wearing a light-colored tank top with ruffled trim and light-colored pedal pusher cropped pants. She is smiling and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.29
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of an unidentified man holding a baby to his chest

July 3, 2016

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A color digital photograph of a man holding a baby close to his chest in a crowded street fair. Captured from the side, the man is wearing a white shirt with the sleeves and side seam decorated with the American flag. His script tattoo on his proper right…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.86.9
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of Baltimore residents cleaning

April 28, 2015

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This color digital image depicts volunteers cleaning debris in front of a brick wall. The man standing closest to the camera is wearing a beige t-shirt and army fatigue pants. He has beige fabric wrapped around his neck and is wearing yellow gloves. He is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.61.13
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of Charles Black

March 20, 2024

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A digital image of activist and actor Charles Black at Clark Atlanta University. The image captures Black sitting and looking directly into the camera, smiling. His hands are clasped together on his lap. He wears a yellow quarter-zip yellow with dark brown…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.14.2
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digital images

Digital image of crashing waves at the beach on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

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A black-and-white digital image of crashing waves at the beach on Martha's Vineyard. At center are some piles of seaweed in the sand. Behind the crashing waves is the open sea.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.72
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of Ed and Lucille Mapp on their honeymoon on Martha's Vineyard

1951

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A black-and-white image of newlyweds Ed and Lucille Mapp, guests of Taylor's Playfair cottage, on a beach on Martha's Vineyard along with another unidentified man. The image depicts two young men lounging on the beach, near the water, on Martha's Vineyard.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.8
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of Eddie Faye Gates with Don Ross holding a campaign sticker

ca. 1982

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A digital image of a color photograph of Eddie Faye Gates with Don Ross. They are holding a campaign sticker that says “DON ROSS / STATE REPRESENTATIVE.” Eddie Faye Gates is wearing a blue shirt and holding it with her right hand. Don Ross is wearing a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.117.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of family members at the Taylor family home on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

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A black-and-white digital image of three (3) women posing outside the Taylor family home on Martha's Vineyard. The young women are sitting together on a wicker chaise, wearing casual clothes and smiling for the camera. The group sits in front of a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.116
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of family members at the Taylor family home on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

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A black-and-white digital image of a man and a woman standing on the front porch of the Taylor family home in Martha's Vineyard. The man is wearing a jacket, shirt and pants, and the young woman is wearing a blouse, skirt and hat or headband. They both are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.84
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of family members at the Taylor family home on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

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A black-and-white digital image of two (2) men and two (2) women sitting on the steps of the Taylor family home in Martha's Vineyard. The women are sitting behind the men on a short flight of steps leading up to a house porch, all facing the camera,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.85
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of family members at the Taylor family home on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

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A black-and-white digital image of two (2) women sitting on the steps of the Taylor family home in Martha's Vineyard. The woman at proper left is sitting on a ledge at the top of a short flight of steps leading up to a house porch, looking towards the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.86
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of family members at the Taylor family home on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white digital image of a man and a woman standing on the steps of the Taylor family home in Martha's Vineyard. The man is standing at proper left, wearing a light-colored shirt and shorts, his left arm around the woman's waist. The woman is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.88
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Photographs and Still Images

Digital image of family members at the Taylor family home on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white digital image of family members posing outside the Taylor family home on Martha's Vineyard. Two (2) men and two (2) women are sitting together on a blanket in the grass, in front of some wicker rocking chairs. Everyone is wearing casual…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.112.95
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