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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Brick Houses - Archer @ Greenwood - Tulsa, OK

1964

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A sepia toned digital image of woman sitting with her arms resting on her lap. A brick wall with windows and doors is in the background. Text below the image reads "1/6/2/64 - BRICK HOUSES - ARCHER@GREENWOD - TULSA, OK."

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.67.9
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Tools and Equipment

Brick jointer tool used by Black Men of Labor, Inc.

ca. 2003

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A steel brick jointer tool, manufactured by Marshalltown. Each end has a different size curve, for making different sized joints. Left curve is larger than right, and the curve points down on the left, while the right end points up. Etched in the center…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.260.10
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Brick made by an enslaved person

before 1863

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A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, fired brick. The rectangular brick is dark reddish brown in color with surfaces and edges that are heavily worn. There is a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.10
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Brick made by an enslaved person

before 1863

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A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, sand struck molded, fired brick. The rectangular brick is dark reddish brown in color with worn surfaces, edges, and corners.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.11
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Brick made by an enslaved person

before 1863

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A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, brick composed of crushed aggregate with red clay, heavy deposits of grayish-white mortar, and a red terracotta fragment. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.12
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Brick made by an enslaved person

before 1863

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A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, sand cast brick. The rectangular brick is dark reddish brown in color with worn surfaces, edges, and corners. The Old Slave…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.13
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Brick made by an enslaved person

before 1863

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A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, hand formed brick with black marks from firing. The rectangular brick is dark reddish brown in color with worn surfaces, edges,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.16
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Brick made by an enslaved person

before 1863

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A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, hand formed brick. The rectangular brick is dark reddish brown in color with worn and chipped surfaces, edges, and corners. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.17
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Brick made by an enslaved person

before 1863

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A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Port Royal, Virginia. It is a solid style, sand cast brick. The rectangular brick has heavily worn surfaces and edges. There are losses at all of the edges and corners. Half of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.21
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Historical photographs & visual records

Brick making kiln, Fianarantsoa province, Madagascar.

2003-09-01

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Original Carousel 17, slide 70.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2124
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Historical photographs & visual records

Brick manufacturing field, Atsimo-Andrefana Region, Madagascar

2003-09-03

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Brick manufacturing field. Bricks stacked in neat walls. Original Carousel 18, slide 67.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2253
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Historical photographs & visual records

Brick road in Tombouctou, Mali

1969

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Cataloged as “Brick road in Tombouctou, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0701
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Brick with an egg and dart pattern

before 1850

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A brick with an egg and dart brick pattern from an unknown architectural structure. It is a solid style, terracotta, rectangular brick, hand molded using a press mold. The pattern is on one stretcher side of the brick and is slightly rounded. There are two…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.7
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Film & Television

Brickhouse Brown

1960–2018

Frederick Seawright (August 11, 1960 – July 29, 2018) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Brickhouse Brown. He was a top heel in several Southern promotions in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Bricklayers at Vocational Training Center, Johannesburg

1948

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Bricklayers at Vocational Training Center, Johannesburg, 1948. Photographic image of two men standing behind a brick wall laying down bricks. They are holding trowels, a tool used to spread the cement between the bricks. This is at the Johannesburg…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-061707
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bricks of a stone wall in the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

1995

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Cataloged as “Bricks of a stone wall in the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1995-002, Item EEPA 1995-020482
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Historical photographs & visual records

Brickwork from excavation, Elmina Castle, Ghana

1986

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Donor notes read: "Elmina Excavation; Elmina Castle; brickwork. The date on the slide is AUG 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0476
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bridal party in Koki [Kooki]

1900 August

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Cataloged as “Bridal party in Koki [Kooki]” (Photographic prints).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-002, Item EEPA.1998-002-0090
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bride and groom, Lovedale, South Africa

1932

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Cataloged as “Bride and groom, Lovedale, South Africa” (Photographs; Photographic prints).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-009, Item EEPA 1985-009-0014
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bride and groom pose next to wedding car, Aksum, Ethiopia

2010-10-04

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Original Carousel 24, slide 108.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3053
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bridesmaids stand next to wedding car, Aksum, Ethiopia

2010-10-04

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Original Carousel 24, slide 111.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3056
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bridge

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Bridge” (Postcards).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1989-001, Item EEPA 1989-010073
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bridge across the Kisema river

ca. 1897

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Cataloged as “Bridge across the Kisema river” (Photographic prints).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-002, Item EEPA.1998-002-0049
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bridge and oil drums

[18--]

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A deserted bridge, surrounded by trees, has three columns of white oil drums lined across it as well as empty barrels placed in front of it.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1995-024, Item EEPA 1995-240001
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