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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Architectural Offices of Silverman and Levy, Smedley Street, Phila.

October 20, 1978

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An illustration of a building facade on Smedley Street in Philadelphia, sketched in graphite on tan-colored paper by architect Julian Abele Cook, Sr. This sketch focuses on the the architectural details of the two-story brick row building, which features a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.95.13
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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Architectural plumbing fixture template by Universal Rundle Corporation

mid-late 20th century

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Architectural plumbing fixture template by Universal Rundle Corporation owned by John Chase. The green template has black printed text and cut out areas in various shapes. The plastic is partially transparent. At the top, printed text in the center reads…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.69.3.4
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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Architectural plumbing template by American Standard owned by John Chase

1965

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Architectural plumbing template by American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corporation owned by John Chase. The green template has black and red printed text and cut out areas in various shapes. The plastic is partially transparent. There are some red…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.69.3.3
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Historical photographs & visual records

Architectural Renderings of Ndebele Homesteads

1960

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Architectural Renderings of Ndebele Homesteads, 1960. The drawing is an architectural layout of Ndebele homesteads done in watercolor. There is a drawing in the upper right corner of an Ndebele woman holding a bowl. Photograph by Constance Stuart Larrabee,…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-060917
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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Architectural template by Haworth, Inc. owned by John Chase

1984

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Architectural plumbing fixture template by Haworth, Inc. owned by John Chase. The off-white template has black printed text and cut out areas in various shapes. The plastic is partially transparent. The right side of the template has [HAWORTH] with linear…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.69.3.5
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Historical photographs & visual records

Architecture, Moputo (Mozambique)

1946

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Cataloged as “Architecture, Moputo (Mozambique)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068287
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Historical photographs & visual records

Archival materials on a shelf in the National Archives collections storage, Dakar, Senegal

October 1990

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Cataloged as “Archival materials on a shelf in the National Archives collections storage, Dakar, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1991-002, Item EEPA 1991-020014
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Archival process photo for "I, Destini"

2013-2016

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A black-and-white photograph of Destini Riley addressing an audience. Her parents, Lattina and Carlos Riley, can also be seen standing behind her. She wears a lanyard with an ID card that reads [FILMMAKERS / Destini Riley / I, DESTINI].

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.50
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Photographs and Still Images

Archival process photo for "I, Destini Film"

2015

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A black-and-white photograph of a screenshot with four members of the Riley family praying: Destini Riley, Pat Riley, Carlos Riley and Lattina Riley. Standing in a circle and reaching for each other’s hands, each person bows their head in prayer. Media…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.29
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Photographs and Still Images

Archival process photo for "I, Destini Film"

2013-2016

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A black-and-white archival process photograph with Destini Riley animating a photograph of her grandmother, Pat Riley. She sits in front of a screen with a photograph of her grandmother wearing a paper smile. Using a stylus and wearing a glove on her right…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.33
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Photographs and Still Images

Archival process photo for "I, Destini Film"

2013-2016

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A black-and-white archival process photograph of Lattina Riley animating an image of her daughter, Destini Riley. She holds a stylus in her hand as she traces an outline of her daughter, Destini, on a screen in front of her.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.35
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Photographs and Still Images

Archival process photo for "I, Destini Film"

2013-2016

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A black-and-white archival process photograph of Destini Riley animating a scene for her film I, Destini. The photograph, taken from behind Destini, shows her outlining an image of she and her brother in the back of a car.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.40
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Photographs and Still Images

Archival process photo for "I, Destini Film"

2013-2016

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A black-and-white archival photograph of Destini Riley addressing an audience. Other member of the production team beside her include her parents, Carlos and Lattina Riley, co-producer Nicholas Pilarski, and an unidentified woman.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.44
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Photographs and Still Images

Archival process photo for "I, Destini Film"

2015

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A black-and-white archival photograph of Carlos Riley addressing an audience at a community film showing. The other members of the production team seated beside him include Lattina Riley and Nicholas Pilarski.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.45
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Photographs and Still Images

Archival process photo for "I, Destini Film"

2015

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A black-and-white archival process photograph of Destini Riley at a public event. She stands in front of a stage with several artworks on it, one of which has text that reads "TIRED OF BEING A / [THREAT?]." A man standing beside her holds a microphone.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.47
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Historical photographs & visual records

Archway on the estate of Mrs. Bairnsfather-Cloete, Alphen, Cape Town (South Africa)

1960

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Cataloged as “Archway on the estate of Mrs. Bairnsfather-Cloete, Alphen, Cape Town (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065414
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Historical photographs & visual records

Archways in the Grand Mosque of San, Mali

1969

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Cataloged as “Archways in the Grand Mosque of San, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0557
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Historical photographs & visual records

Archways of a church outside of Lalibela, Ethiopia

1997

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Cataloged as “Archways of a church outside of Lalibela, Ethiopia” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1421
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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Archy Lee

1840–1873

Archy Lee (1840–1873), was an African American man born into enslavement; and was later part of a series of notable 19th-century court cases that defined civil rights in the state of California. In 1857, he was brought from Mississippi (a slave state) to…

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Arts & Performance

Arcola Pettway

1934–1994

Arcola Pettway (1934–1994) was an American artist associated with the Gee's Bend group of quilters. Her work is included in the collection of the High Museum of Art.

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