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BIOGRAPHY Portrait not available Explore the life, work and source references. BIOGRAPHY Education & Scholarship 1888–1987
Mamie Garvin Fields (August 13, 1888 – July 30, 1987) was a teacher, civil rights and religious activist, and memoirist. In 1909, she became one of the first African-American teachers to be hired in a Charleston County, South Carolina, public school. She…
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Mamie Hilyer (née Nichols; 20 December 1863 – 14 December 1916) was an African American pianist and promoter of classical music, who founded the Treble Clef Club (1897) and the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Choral Society (1901) in Washington D.C., playing a…
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Read biography → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. MUSEUM OBJECT Toys and Games mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG A female cloth doll with a red and floral dress and a matching floral kerchief in the form of a stereotypical "Mammy" character. The doll has a soft, black cloth head and body with rounded cloth hands and feet. The head and torso of the doll are made with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Catalog 2023.11.3
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1966-06
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “[Man and children sort and collect cotton], Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0198
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “Man and wife with headdress and beads, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0591
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1987
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Image used in the video production entitled,"Patterns of Life: West-African Strip Weaving Traditions," produced by Caribiner, Inc. under contract for the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1987. Image taken by Gavin Ashworth, 1987.
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.1991-005, Item EEPA 1991-050076
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “Man at the home of M. & Win. Hooper, Harare (Zimbabwe)” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065660
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. MUSEUM OBJECT Photographs and Still Images 1959
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of an unidentified man’s proper left profile seated at a piano at The Fountain House Foundation, an organization supporting mental health. With a darkened background, his fingertips are on the white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Catalog 2021.53.6
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Original text on slide reads, "Man behind curtain with"stock market statistics"pattern".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-0340
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 2000-01-31
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Man carrying textiles through Mopti port. Original Carousel number, 12, slide number, 19.
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1420
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1938
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “Man checking stamps at Dougall Hall Boys Club dance, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068337
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1988-07
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Original text on slide reads, "Man cooking over fire".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1571
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “Man dressed in fez and cloak” (Photographic prints).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.1998-002, Item EEPA.1998-002-0164
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “Man, friends, and family accompany the groom at a wedding of a Songhai couple, Tombouctou, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0704
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1983-10-16
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Original text on slide reads, "Man gazes at portrait of wife. Klindt Special photo. Sunday".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-0957
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 2000-02-02
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Man giving tourist group a tour of his home in Aouré. Original Carousel number, 12, slide number, 139.
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1538
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1947
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “Man helping another man into traditional clothing, Nhlangano (Swaziland)” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063219
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1983-10-21
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Original text on slide reads, "Man holds Ilara Remo Multi-Millionaire Club Almanac poster".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-0948
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1947
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “Man in military uniform, Lobatse (Botswana)” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067546
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1947
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “Man in military uniform talking to a minister, Lobatse (Botswana)” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067549
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. MUSEUM OBJECT negatives 1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Man in Open Casket, Post-Mortem.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Catalog 2007.1.69.4.64.A
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. MUSEUM OBJECT negatives 1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Man in Open Casket with American Flag, Post-Mortem.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Catalog 2007.1.69.4.68.D
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. MUSEUM OBJECT negatives 1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Man in Open Casket with an American Flag, Post- Mortem.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Catalog 2007.1.69.4.74.C
Explore record → COLLECTION RECORD Image not available Explore the catalog description and source record. ARCHIVE RECORD Historical photographs & visual records 1939
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG Cataloged as “Man in safari hat in a car, Livingston (Zambia)” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Catalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-064661
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