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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

Bridge Fantasy

1959

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A wood engraving of a scene looking out from the archways of a bridge over a harbor towards another bridge. Three birds are flying in the foreground and boats can be seen sailing in the water between the two bridges. There is a large sun in the upper left…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.111.44
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bridge of Sighs Lokoja

[ca. 1910]

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Printed caption on recto reads: "Bridge of Sighs, Lokoja." Printed text on verso reads: "'Copyright, Moyea Series.' No. 9 A.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA NR 2013-001-0101
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bridge Over The Chilo River

[ca. 1924]

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Image of a bridge over a river. Text on front reads: "Roca 'Progredior.' Ponte sobre o Rio Chilo. 1924." Gold border on front.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AO 1985-142219
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

Bridge Workers

1968

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A color screenprint with an abstracted image of construction workers on a bridge. Done in tones of grey and golden-brown, the print depicts the side and understructure of a bridge. Two figures stand on scaffolding under the bridge’s understructure. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.80.2
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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Bridget Kelly

1986–

Bridget Kelly (born April 8, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter from New York City. Kelly, an R&B recording artist, has written songs for Kelly Clarkson. In 2008, she secured a recording contract with American rapper and hip-hop mogul Jay-Z's…

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Bridget Minamore

1991–

Bridget Minamore (born 1991) is a British poet, essayist, journalist and critic. She is the author of the 2016 poetry collection Titanic, and her writing has appeared in such outlets as The Guardian, The Stage, i, The Fader, The White Review and in…

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Literature

Bridgett Kern

1969–

Bridgette Karen "Bridgett" Kern (born September 7, 1969), is an American worship musician and urban contemporary gospel recording artist. She started her music career, in 2002, and has released two studio album's.

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Bridgett M. Davis

Biography

Bridgett M. Davis is an American writer, teacher and independent filmmaker. Her memoir The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers, was a New York Times Editors' Choice and was named a Best Book of 2019 by Kirkus Reviews.…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Bridle (ijanu) made of brass, for use with the old saddle made in Ile Onigaari, Ile Balogun Alanamu

1985

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Cataloged as “Bridle (ijanu) made of brass, for use with the old saddle made in Ile Onigaari, Ile Balogun Alanamu” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-004, Item EEPA 2016-004-0012
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Brief commentary on Constance Stuart Larrabee and her exhibition, with quotes from Cape Town National Gallery Director Dr. van Niekerk about Constance Stuart Larrabee's photographs.

undated

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Cataloged as “Brief commentary on Constance Stuart Larrabee and her exhibition, with quotes from Cape Town National Gallery Director Dr. van Niekerk about Constance Stuart Larrabee's photographs.”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item 1302
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sound films

Brief Encounter

1945

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This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.109.1abc
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

Brier Patch Blues

2014

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A serigraph relief print depicting featuring a chine collé print of a nude female figure in the midst of dark red thorny vines. The figure of the woman is a white, chine collé print with dark lines traversing her body. Her left foot is turned slightly to…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.73.1
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Brightly painted houses in a village, Keren or Massawa, Eritrea

1995

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Cataloged as “Brightly painted houses in a village, Keren or Massawa, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0910
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Biography & Culture

Briley brothers

Biography

Linwood Earl Briley, James Dyral "J. B." Briley Jr., and Anthony Ray Briley were a sibling trio of serial/spree killers, rapists, and robbers who were responsible for a murder, rape, and robbery spree that took place in Richmond, Virginia, in 1979. Linwood…

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Historical photographs & documents

bring the noise.com

1999

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Cataloged as “bring the noise.com” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 4
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Bringing rugs from Arab dhows to Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya

1966-02

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Cataloged as “Bringing rugs from Arab dhows to Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0003
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Music

Brinson

1989–

Brinson James Wright (born August 5, 1989), who goes by the stage name Brinson, is an American rapper. He has released ten studio albums since 2008.

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Music

Brisco

1982–

British Alexander Mitchell (born June 28, 1982), better known by his stage name Brisco, is an American rapper from Opa-locka, Florida. In 2006, he guest performed on fellow South Florida native DJ Khaled's debut album—Listennn... the Album—and signed to…

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Bristol Black Writers Group

Biography

The Bristol Black Writers group was a collective of poets and writers, co-founded by writer Bertel Martin in the late 1980s. The group was based at the Kuumba Centre in St Pauls, Bristol in England. Bristol Black Writers published a monthly newsletter and…

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Brit Bennett

Biography

Brit Bennett is an American writer based in Los Angeles. Her debut novel The Mothers (2016) was a New York Times best-seller. Her second novel, The Vanishing Half (2020), was also a New York Times best-seller, and was chosen as a Good Morning America Book…

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Historical photographs & visual records

British breed of Large White sows at a privately owned farm, Kano, Nigeria

1959

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Original title reads, "Feeding English Large White sows. The farm is in two sections four miles apart but considered as one unit. The manager expects to sell 36,000 pigs in 1959. All but 50 pigs a month are shipped by rail to and butchered in Lagos. The…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 10474
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British canon displayed at entrance of the Lamu Museum, Lamu, Kenya

1994 August 2

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Cataloged as “British canon displayed at entrance of the Lamu Museum, Lamu, Kenya” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1994-008, Item EEPA 1994-008-0085
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British colonial officers on board S.S. Bathurst

ca. 1890s

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Original caption reads "On board S.S. Bathurst. Officers board for Benin Punitive Expedition.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0001
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British Consulate Lourenço Marques

[ca. 1913]

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Printed caption on recto reads: "British Consulate, Lourenço Marques." Item number on verso: "246514." Manuscript message and partial postmark on verso.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MZ 2012-001-1579
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