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Loading image…1988–
Giles Gordon Kirlue Barnes (born 5 August 1988) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. He began his career with Derby County, where he won the club's Young Player of the Year award in 2007 and was Championship Player of the Month in…
1997–
Giles Ene Malachi Phillips (born June 22, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a central defender for Isthmian League Premier Division club Eastbourne Borough.
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Gio Swaby (born Giovanna Swaby in 1991) is a Bahamian textile artist who grew up in Nassau, Bahamas. She currently lives and practices in Toronto, Ontario. Swaby is well known for her textile portraits and silhouettes' which she has created as "a love…
1937; printed 1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of an African American girl with a serious expression on her face, standing looking out of a log cabin window. The shutter of the open window is insulated with newspapers featuring an image of a beautiful blonde woman and food…
1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "Girl fanning rice; Mabonto. Taken Oct. 1978 at P.C. Agriculture Training at Mabonto. The date on the slide is JAN 79.".
ca. 1935
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis oil painting depicts a young woman in a red off-the-shoulder dress. Wearing long red fingerless gloves, a large black ring, an earring and makeup, she sits with one knee drawn up to her chest. Her clasped hands rest on her raised knee. Although she…
1977; printed 2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a young girl standing behind a screen door. She is looking away from the camera and is wearing a white button down blouse. Her left arm is folded across her torso as her hand rests on her right…
2000-01-23
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGGirl on rooftop of Gourounsi home. Original Carousel number, 7, slide number, 28.
1975-06-12
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Girl outside the palace of the Olodotuns. She wears"right hand traffic"pattern. Thursday".
1947-1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn official Girl Scout pocket knife from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The multi tool pocket knife features a green handle coated with clear resin with the gold emblem of the Girl Scouts embedded in the resin. The emblem includes the…
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “[Girl wearing kanga head wrap with western clothes], Dar es Salaam, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).
May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis image depicts a woman during the construction of Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. She is wearing a yellow cloth wrapped around her head. She is shown from the chest upwards, wearing a light grey button shirt, with an object hanging…
1947-1948
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Girls inside childrens' home, Johannesburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "Girls pounding rice; Mabonto. Taken Oct. 1978 at P.C. Agriculture Training at Mabonto. The date on the slide is JAN 79.".
Loading image…1944–
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944) is an American singer and actress. Knight recorded hits through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her family group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and cousins William Guest…
Loading image…1931–2015
Gladys-Marie Fry (April 6, 1931 – November 7, 2015) was Professor Emerita of Folklore and English at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, and a leading authority on African American textiles. Fry earned her bachelor's and master's degrees…
1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGGlass bead body jewelry piece from the “Jewelry-as-Clothing” collection by Bill Smith for Richelieu. The piece is comprised of two separate brass chains, one at the collar and one just below the waist, with lengths of metal chains suspended between them…
late 19th-early 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wooden bookcase (a) with a glass front and three interior wooden shelves (b-d). The glass door locks on the left side. The lock and the door hinges on the right side are made from metal. The bottom of the shelf has a rounded wooden kickplate. The top of…
19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis oil lamp has been converted from oil to electric. It has a hand-painted base that is white with pink flowers. There is a matching lamp with hand-painted glass shade and a clear glass chimney.
October 1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Glass painters working at a workshop in the back of their family's store, Dakar, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).
October 1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Glass paintings displayed for sale in a private room of a family's workshop, Dakar, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).
October 1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Glass paintings displayed for sale on the veranda outside of a family's workshop and store, Dakar, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).
20th Century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA glass paperweight featuring a black and white photograph of a church and a cameo-sized portrait of Pastor W. Jefferson Moore in the upper right hand corner. Black type around the photographs reads: [MT. ZION M. E. CHURCH, Magnolia, N.J. / ERECTED, 1903]…
1882-1885
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGGothic style window consisting of four panels, the largest being a rectangular window at the bottom half, and the top half being divided into three parts consisting of two equally sized vertical pointed arches with squared bottoms fitting inside of a…
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