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Historical photographs & visual records

Blue Nile Falls, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

2010-10-02

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Original Carousel 24, slide 81.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3026
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Blue Nile Falls, Ethiopia

1998

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Notes on slide read: "Blue Nile Falls." and "Ethiopia; July, 1998.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.1999-006_ref507
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Blue Nile River, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

2010-10-02

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Original Carousel 24, slide 79.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3024
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Blue Notes (Basquiat): Who's Who or a Pair of Aces #1

2014

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A mixed media portrait titled Blue Notes (Basquiat): Who's Who or a Pair of Aces #1, by Carrie Mae Weems. The inkjet print features a blurred reproduction of Andy Warhol’s 1982 photographic portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat printed in muted blue-gray tones.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.117.5
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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Blue Raspberry

1972–

Candi Lindsey (born June 9, 1972), better known by her stage name Blue Raspberry, is an American singer from Pleasantville, New Jersey. She is perhaps best known for her affiliation with East Coast hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. Her moniker was given to her…

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Archival documents & files

"Blue Suite": Desmond Richardson, David St. Charles, Carl Bailey, Kevin Brown, & Dereque Whiturs — Solo and Ensemble Images and Portraits

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Cataloged as “"Blue Suite": Desmond Richardson, David St. Charles, Carl Bailey, Kevin Brown, & Dereque Whiturs” (Prints).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.245_ref38
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

Blue Twirl

1971

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A vibrant abstract painting mostly done in shades of blue, red, and yellow with a bit of green at center. Pockets of bright colors cover the canvas while blending and overlapping. Across the canvas from lower left to upper right is a meandering line of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.76.1
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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Blueface

1997–

Johnathan Michael Porter (born January 20, 1997), known professionally as Blueface, is an American rapper and professional boxer. In October 2018, after releasing the music video for his song "Respect My Cryppin'", he became a viral meme due to his offbeat…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

Blueprint

2001

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Photographic print by Terry Boddie. The blue print shows two (2) images referencing housing issues among Africans and African Americans. The lower image is a detail view of the conditions for enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage. The illustration of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.75
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Historical photographs & documents

"Blues for Central Ave" & "Say Brother. Randy Weston: A Legend in His Own Time"

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Cataloged as “"Blues for Central Ave" & "Say Brother. Randy Weston: A Legend in His Own Time"”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2012.79.av_ref332
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Blues for Mr. Charlie

1964

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James Baldwin's personal copy of Blues for Mr. Charlie, an original mimeographed play scrip. The script is bound in pale blue leatherette with large brass rivets. The script is inscribed to fellow-writer and filmmaker William Gunn "For Bill Gunn, at last,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.57.19
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

Blues People

1965

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A British first edition copy of Blues People by LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka). The book has a paper dust jacket and a plastic book jacket cover. The front cover of the dust jacket is black and is dominated by a large black-and-white photograph of a man. He is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.22.8
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Archival documents & files

"Blues Suite": Lydia Roberts, Michael Joy, Raquelle Chavis, & Desiree Vlad — Prints for Jack Mitchell Publication

1992

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Cataloged as “"Blues Suite": Lydia Roberts, Michael Joy, Raquelle Chavis, & Desiree Vlad” (Prints).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.245_ref343
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